State v. Todd

Defendant was convicted of manslaughter upon an indictment charging him with murdering Harry Hoare, who, it seems, was his father-in-law. From a sentence,of not less than ten nor more than sixteen years in the penitentiary, he prosecutes this appeal.

The first bill of exception, which relates to the competency of a witness to testify, has been abandoned. The second bill of exception relates to the exclusion of evidence, offered by defendant to show that the deceased made improper proposals to defendant’s wife, which were communicated to defendant by his wife'on the evening of the homicide, the…