Scott v. State

Appellant was indicted for murder, and was convicted! of manslaughter. There is sufficient reasonable direct evidence to support the verdict, and the refused instructions requested by defendant were either covered in substance by other instructions which were granted, or else the instructions so refused were (1) inaccurately drawn and did not state the law correctly, or (2) were of mere abstract propositions not appropriate or definitely pertinent to the issues being tried.

The deceased, a few days before her death, made certain declarations which while not entirely specific and were vague in…