Manning v. State

On the evening- of October 201, 1924, Dr. E. J. McDaniel was shot from an automobile and killed while walking on the street between his home and the Post Office at Tazewell. Por the homicide his brother-in-law, Bailey G-. Manning, was convicted, and from the judgment of conviction has appealed and assigned errors.

Plaintiff in error, hereafter referred to as defendant, was arraigned and the trial proceeded’until all the evidence was introduced. Then Ellis Amos, one of the trial jurors, on the night of April 4, evaded the custody of the jury officer and remained at large until arrested at a…