Roberts v. State

W. M. Roberts was convicted in the superior court of Jasper County of the offense of voluntary manslaughter. To the overruling of his motion for new trial the defendant excepts.

Special ground 3 excepts to the failure of the judge to deliver his charge to the jury in writing, although the request to do so was presented to him before the beginning of the argument of the case. And special ground 4 excepts to the failure of the judge to file the written charge, immediately after its delivery, with the clerk of the trial court. In passing upon the motion for new trial the judge made the following…