State v. Umfried

Defendant was indicted in the Benton county circuit court at its October term, 1881, for murder in the second degree in killing Walter Bartlett. At the May term, 1882, of said court, he was put upon trial and convicted of manslaughter in the fourth degree, and his punishment assessed at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The case is before us on defendant’s appeal, and the ground relied upon for a reversal of the judgment, is the action of the court in refusing to admit evidence, and in giving and refusing instructions.

The evidence preserved in the record tends to show the following…