Bryant v. State

Blandford, Justice.

Toombs Bryant, the plaintiff in error, together with others, was indicted in the superior court of Madison county for the offence of murder. He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act; whereupon he moved for a new trial, which motion was overruled by the court below.

Upon the' trial of the case, the State introduced certain statements of the deceased, as dying declarations, and these declarations were admitted by the court to the jury. This is assigned as error. Other grounds of error are, that the court erred in charging that part of…