State v. Asbury

— By an indictment filed in the Circuit Court of Boone County, the defendant is charged with murder in the first degree. . The venue was changed to the Circuit Court of Callaway County, where a jury found him guilty of manslaughter and assessed. his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for ten years. From the judgment and sentence entered in accordance with the verdict, he has, in due course, perfected an appeal to' this court.

The defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, but does seriously contend that he is entitled to a new trial on the ground that the jurors…