State v. McDougal

The appellant was indicted for the crime of murder and convicted of manslaughter. The record contains six bills, of exception; .the first of which, however, being not well founded, has been formally abandoned by appellant’s counsel.

The second bill of exceptions refers, to a ruling of the judge refusing a request made by the defendant’s attorneys during the-trial to allow the jury to be taken to a garage, about a block from the courthouse, to-see the defendant’s automobile and be- convinced that there was no handle on the back of the car. The defendant had been riding in the ear immediately…