Lucas v. State

This was a trial for murder, resulting in the conviction of the accused, who excepts to the overruling of .a motion for a new trial.

1. The first ground of the motion is as follows: “ Because the court erred in the following portion of the charge to the jury, to wit: ‘ To do that, the State has offered proof of certain circumstances; in other words, the State depends, in this case, upon what is known in law as circumstantial or indirect evidence.’ This is error, in that it fails to define circumstantial or indirect evidence, and to inform the jury of the distinction between direct and indirect…