Phillips v. State

Ed Phillips was indicted for murder and was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. The motion for a new trial, based upon the general grounds and upon five special grounds, was overruled, and the defendant excepted.

The following appears from the record: The defendant and M. *650A. Newsome were half-brothers and neighbors, living about a mile apart. Newsome had only one arm. On a Saturday night in October, 1927, Newsome, accompanied by his son, Gus, carried the defendant, his wife, and his little boy, in Newsome’s automobile, to see Dr. Pilcher, at Wrens, Ga., in order that the defendant’s boy might…