Homer v. State

The defendant was convicted in the city court of Leesburg of the offense of simple larceny; and he excepts to the overruling of his motion for a new trial. In the bill of exceptions he assigns error on exceptions pendente lite to the refusal of his request, made at the close of the evidence, that the judge write out and read the charge of the court to the jury. The judge certifies that the reason the request was not granted was that he did not have time to write out the charge. Since, in our view, a reversal is required on this ground, it is unnecessary to consider any other assignment of…