Lee v. State

The defendant was convicted of thé offense of simple larceny, and submitted a motion for a new trial on several grounds. We have considered but two of these grounds, they being sufficient to remand the case for a new trial.

Speaking for myself, I find grave error in the charge of the judge in reference to the statement of the accused made at the trial, as set out in the seventh ground of the motion for new trial. I am disposed to regard the words of the statute as practically exhaustive of the law on the subject, when its positive provisions declare that the prisoner shall have the right to…