Peagler v. State

The indictment and trial for murder in the first degree resulted in the imposition of the death penalty. The verdict and judgment conform to the requirements of the statute, and the record proper presents nothing for review.

Two questions only are presented by the bill of exceptions, viz.: The permission hy the court, over defendant’s objection, that state witness be re-examined; and the refusal of written charges requested by defendant. No error was committed in permitting the witness Mason Henderson to be recalled and further examined; and no abuse of discretion was committed in allowing…