Rozier v. State

1. In one ground of his motion for new trial the defendant complains that the court erred in ruling out the evidence of the witness Jim Bichardson, and in withdrawing the same from the consideration of the jury, said evidence being as follows: “ I had occasion to arrest Jim Lee Wells pretty soon after the killing, and he had a pistol when I arrested him.” This evidence appears in the brief of the evidence, which was duly approved by the court as being true and correct. Where complaint is made in a motion for new trial that the court ruled out certain testimony of a named witness, and in the…