JACKSON, ETC. v. State

The appellant was charged with the crime of murder in the second degree and found guilty of the offense of voluntary manslaughter. This is an appeal from that judgment. The error assigned is the overruling of the motion for a new trial. The only causes set forth in the motion for a new trial, discussed in appellant’s argument section of the brief, are:

“1. That the verdict of the jury is not sustained by sufficient evidence.

“2. That the verdict of the jury is contrary to law.”

These points boil down to the contentions that the appellant committed the killing in self-defense.

On appeal we do not…