Waller v. State

On Rehearing.

BROWN, Justice.

The defendant was indicted, and on his trial was convicted of the offense of robbery and sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty years as a punishment for the offense. The proceeding resulting his conviction and sentence are in all things regular and free from error, unless it can be said that the court committed error to reverse in overruling the defendant’s objection to the statement of the solicitor "That is a remarkable thing, gentlemen." (Italics supplied.)

What the solicitor was referring to as “a remarkable thing” is not clear from the statements of the bill…