Bishop v. State

MORROW, Judge.

Appellant was indicted and convicted of murder and his punishment assessed at death.

The evidence was wholly circumstantial. There were more than ninety witnesses. Before the trial began the court asked if either party desired the rule. Beeeiving no reply, he directed the witnesses to take their seats. About that time appellant’s counsel requested the court to put the witnesses under the rule, and this request being refused, appellant excepted.

“The expedient of separating a party’s witnesses, in order to detect falsehood by exposing inconsistencies, seems to have been early…