Ogletree v. State

Candler, Justice.

1. The defendant was indicted by a grand jury in the Superior Court of Monroe County for the murder of James William Bell and, upon his conviction of that offense without any recommendation, was sentenced to be electrocuted. The verdict, as the record shows, is amply supported by evidence and has the approval of the trial judge; this being true, the general grounds of the motion for new trial are without merit.

2. The court charged: “Manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human creature, without malice, either express or implied, and without any mixture of deliberation…