Rhodes v. State

Rhodes was convicted of the murder of Walker Green, and sentenced to be hung. He moved for a new trial, which was denied, and he excepted. The rulings stated in the headnotes are clear, without any elaboration. Any effort on the part of counsel for the State to get before the jury facts not shown by the evidence, by means of their own unsworn statements, would be a serious wrong, and deserve not only a prompt check but a proper rebuke. But, under the facts of this case, we can not say that such an effort was made, or that it will require a reversal that the court declined to stop the argument…