State v. Jackson

Defendant was convicted of manslaughter under an indictment for murder, and was sentenced to be confined at hard labor in the state penitentiary for a term of not less than 14 nor more than 18 years.

The record contains five bills of exception. Bills Nos. 1, 2, and 3 were reserved to the admission of testimony offered by fjhe state and tending to show motive or malice. The homicide is alleged to have been committed April 18, 1922, and from the per curiam of the trial judge we learn that the state was compelled to rely upon circumstantial evidence entirely for conviction. This admission is also…