Sharp v. State

Upon an indictment for murder, Sharp was tried and convicted. He made a motion for a new trial. This motion contained eighteen grounds. Three of these were general; six of the remaining fifteen were not approved at all by th.e court; seven were approved with such qualifications and explanations as showed that the rulings complained of were not erroneous; one of the two remaining can not be considered, because it complained of the admission of testimony without setting forth such testimony either literally or in substance. Thus there really remains, aside from the general grounds that the…