Willingham v. State

Robert Willingham was tried under an indictment charging him with the murder of his wife, Dora Willingham. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation. The defendant made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled by the court, and the defendant excepted. The original motion for new trial consists of the usual general grounds; and this was afterwards amended, the amendment containing numerous grounds with special assignments of error.

The first ground of the amendment contains an assignment of error upon a ruling of the court holding certain jurors incompetent and setting…