Walker v. State

The most serious question involved in this appeal is presented in defendant’s motion for a new trial, as follows :

“Because of the misconduct of the prosecuting counsel, Ben Williams, over the objection of the defendant, in his closing remarks to the jury, in which he used in substance the following language: T want to know why they did not come up like honest, men, and all be tried together [referring to the defendant, Bob Walker, and the codefendants, G. L. Jones and Buck Jones, who were not on trial], instead of asking for a severance and being tried separately,’ which remarks and conduct…