Nicholson v. State

Taylor, J.:

At the Spring term, 1896, of the Circuit Court of Madison county the plaintiff in error was indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death, and from such sentence takes writ of error.

The only error assigned is that the court erred in refusing the defendant’s motion for new trial on the third, fourth, fifth and sixth grounds as set up in such motion. These grounds are as follows: 3d. Because-*101the bailiff, John W. Williams, was selected and appointed by the sheriff and was sworn as bailiff to the ■said jury by the clerk of said court on…