Solomon v. State

Mark Solomon was indicted for the offense of murder, and was convicted of the offense of manslaughter. After conviction a motion for new trial was made and was overruled;, and the bill of exceptions assigns error upon the judgment refusing a new trial. As appears from the record, the defendant and one Oscar Newman had an altercation on the night of November 15, 1885, in which Newman was cut in the side; and Newman died *93•three days later from the effects of the wound. They were returning home along the road after having called on some young girls. Newmán was about eighteen years of age,…