Barrow v. State

Townsend, J.(a) The special ground of the amended motion for a new trial contends that the court erred in charging the jury as follows: “The defendant in this case contends, as I understand, that when or about the time that he and his former wife were divorced that he entered into a written agreement with her under the terms of which he was to give her certain property for the support of herself and children, and he further contends, as I understand, that he carried out his part of this agreement by delivering this property to her. If you find some evidence about such an agreement, I charge…