State v. Collier

The accused was prosecuted upon an indictment by the grand jury charging him with the crime of murder. He was formally arraigned, pleaded not guilty, counsel was appointed to represent him, the case was assigned, trial was had, and the jury returned a verdict of “guilty as charged.” Thereafter a motion for a new trial was filed, heard, and overruled, and the court sentenced the accused to be hanged. From the verdict of the jury and the sentence of the court the defendant appealed.

There are five bills of exception in the record.

Bill No. 1.

This bill was reserved to the overruling of a motion…