State v. Allen

McWhorter, Judge:

James R. Allen, indictedin the circuit court of Wyoming County for the murder of James Harvey Ferguson, other-wiseknown as Dr. James Harvey, was committed, and on the 27th day of March, 1897, the said court rendered judgment on the verdict of the jury, and.sentenced him to be hanged on the 30th day of June, 1897, from which judgment said Allen obtained from this Court a writ of error and super-sedeas, and assigned the following errors:

“First. The court erred in setting prisoner to the bar, arraigning him, and putting him upon his trial, manacled with cuffs of iron. Second.…