Reed v. State

Wyatt, Justice.

1. Without reciting in detail the sordid facts of this case, suffice it to say, the evidence amply authorized the verdict.

2. Error is assigned on the following charge to the jury: “Now, gentlemen, the law presumes that a person intends to accomplish the natural and probable consequences of his conduct, and where a person uses a deadly weapon or instrumentality, in the manner in which such weapons are ordinarily employed to produce death, and thereby causes the death of a human being the law presumes the intent to kill.” The criticism urged is: (a) The charge was not adjusted to…