Coolman v. State

The appellant was duly charged upon indictment in the Whitley Circuit Court with murder in the first degree. He pleaded not guilty, was tried hy a jury, and was found guilty of murder in the second degree. A motion for a new trial was overruled, and judgment was rendered on the verdict. The refusal of the court to grant the appellant a new trial is the error relied on for a reversal of the judgment. The reasons for a new trial discussed by counsel for appellant are the overruling of a motion of the appellant to exclude the prosecuting witness from the court room while the other witnesses…