MR. JUSTICE McCORMICK delivered the opinion of the court.
The defendant was indicted for murder; he pleaded not guilty, and in a jury trial was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of two to ten years in the penitentiary. The defendant testified in his own behalf as follows: He was 17 years old and weighed 164 pounds; he came from Greenwood, Mississippi, and was working in Chicago during the summer while visiting his sister.
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