State v. Crotts

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

The defendant was tried on an information charging him with the crime of murder in the first degree, and upon the cause being submitted to the jury a verdict was returned finding him guilty of manslaughter. Judgment was entered, and an appeal is brought here on errors alleged to have been committed by the court.

The first error alleged is the action of the court in asking leading questions of the witnesses, and asking them in such a way as to violate § 16, art. 4, of the constitution, which provides that judges shall not charge juries with…