Knight v. State

The defendant, Tom Knight, was indicted for the murder of Albert Williams, also known as “Butch” or “Butcher.” The defendant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he excepted. The failure to charge the law of mutual coinbat as applied to self-defense, which would .have authorized a general verdict of not guilty, is not here excepted to. The verdict was voluntary manslaughter, and was thus an acquittal of murder. The exception here is ‘‘that the court erred in failing to charge the law of voluntary manslaughter as based upon mutual combat.” I…