Kimbro v. State

Nichols, Presiding Judge.

Norman Kimbro was indicted for the murder of Nora Bell Turner and convicted of assault with intent to murder. Thereafter, his motion for new trial was overruled and on appeal he complains of an excerpt from the charge, the failure to charge, and contends that the verdict returned was not authorized by the evidence.

On the trial of the case the death certificate was not introduced in evidence, nor did the physician who attended the deceased when she died testify, and the only testimony as to the cause of death was by a lay witness who testified as to the location of the…