GRIFFIN SMITH, Chief Justice.
Jess J. Long, while serving as a police officer at Batesville, shot and killed Tom Williamson. His plea of self-defense was rejected by a jury that found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter. A penitentiary term of three years was assessed and the defendant has appealed.
The motion for a new trial, in addition to formal assignments and a contention that there should have been an instructed verdict of not guilty, urges error by...
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