Harris v. State

1. J. L. Harris was indicted jointly with Hamp Freeman and LeBoy Gross, for murder. The defendant Harris was put on trial separately and a verdict returned for'voluntary manslaughter. An amended motion for a new trial was overruled, and on this judgment Harris assigns error.

Succinctly, the evidence reveals that the three defendants and others were working for the same employer. They rode to and from their work in a truck driven by the defendant Harris. On the day of the homicide they left the scene of their employment in the truck about 5 o’clock p.m. It was payday. Before Harris had…