State v. Ramsey

*1408The opinion of the court was delivered by

'Miller, J.

The defendant appeals from the sentence for manslaughter. He relies on several bills of exception, but our view in /respect to one of the bills is decisive of the case.

A witness for the State, present when the deceased received the ■fatal shot, passing from the room where the shot was delivered to ithe front room, stated to the persons who were there in answer to the question “ What is the matter back there? ” and stated that “ Nick Ramsey had shot Jim Moffitt, and shot him down for nothing.” This statement was permitted to go to the jury as…