Hall v. State

Appellant was indicted jointly with one Thomas O’Brien, alias Thomas Young, in three counts, the second of which charged the crime of murder while engaged in the perpetration of robbery. Appellant was tried separately by a jury which returned a verdict of guilty upon the second count of the indictment and fixed his punishment at death. Upon the verdict the court pronounced the judgment from which this appeal is taken.

The overruling of appellant’s motion for a new trial is assigned as error. Sixty-seven reasons in support of this motion are given, those relied upon here for reversal are: that…