Lane v. State

1. One of the grounds of the motion for a new trial in this case alleges that the trial judge refused to comply with a timely request, made by the defendant’s attorney, to reduce his charge to writing and to read it to the jury. This ground of the motion is duly verified. In the certificate to the bill of exceptions the trial judge inserts, at the close of the usual certificate and before his signature, the following: “I certify.further that, just before beginning my charge to the jury, E. K. Overstreet, the defendant’s attorney, who requested me to charge the jury in writing, came to tbe…