State v. Alexander

MOISE, Justice.

The defendant was indicted and prosecuted for murder. He was convicted of the crime of manslaughter, sentenced to the penitentiary at hard labor for 21 years, and from this conviction and sentence he appeals.

A motion for a new trial was filed embodying certain errors as shown by the bills-of exception that were allegedly made by the trial judge during the. conduct of the proceedings., The record shows that there were no eyewitnesses to the crime and the only proof' offered by the State as to the guilt of the accused is his- numerous incriminating statements made on the…