State v. . Bowman

Tbe defendants were indicted for tbe murder of John Hafer, and were convicted of murder in tbe second degree. They appealed from tbe judgment rendered upon tbe verdict. There are thirty-four exceptions in tbe record, but we think they can all be reduced, substantially, to one or two questions which require consideration. Tbe evidence tends to show that, .on tbe day tbe homicide was committed, tbe deceased and several other persons bad assembled in tbe woods for tbe purpose of fighting chickens, and while they were thus assembled defendant Propst and tbe deceased exchanged some angry words,…