Cain v. State

Cain was indicted for murder, and on the trial was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. His motion for a new trial being overruled^ he brings error. The.main contention argued before us, although there are others in the brief, was, that the court erred in charging the law of voluntary manslaughter, as it was not applicable to the facts, and that the verdict of voluntary manslaughter is wholly without any evidence to support it.

It is well settled by repeated rulings of the Supreme Court and this court that on a trial for murder, if there is anything deducible from the evidence or the…