Jones v. State

The accused was tried for murder and was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. The evidence for the State amply authorized the verdict. The defendant introduced no evidence, but made a statement to the jury in which he contended that the killing was an accident. That contention was evidently rejected by the jury. The charge of the court upon the law of voluntary manslaughter, the law of mutual combat, and the law upon dying declarations was not error for any reason assigned. The evidence connecting the accused with the offense of voluntary manslaughter not being wholly circumstantial, the…