Conley v. State

The defendant was tried on an indictment for murder. The jury returned a verdict for voluntary manslaughter, and fixed his punishment at not less than one nor more than three years in the penitentiary. The defendant relies for a reversal on assignments of error on two special grounds. The assignment of error on the general grounds, not having been argued, is considered as abandoned. The special grounds deal with the same question and are based on the exclusion of testimony offered by the defendant.

The defendant and the decedent’s mother lived in the same community in close proximity to each…