Echols v. State

Appellant, Will Echols, was charged with murder-in the circuit court of Marshall county, and convicted of manslaughter, from which he appeals. The two errors assigned by appellant which deserve consideration are: (1) That the court erred in admitting the testimony of Drs. MeAuley and Barnett as to the alleged dying declarations of the deceased, Jim Alexander; and (2) that the court erred in granting the state an instruction on manslaughter, and that the verdict of manslaughter is not supported by the evidence in the case. '

' The record shows that shortly after the deceased, Alexander, was…