Dorsey v. State

1. Appellant was charged by indictment with murder in the first degree. Trial by jury, and conviction of murder in the second degree. A motion for a new trial was overruled, and that action is assigned as error. It is claimed the court erred in refusing to permit-one Lula McDowell, defendant’s paramour, to exhibit to the jury a sear on her shoulder, resulting from a wound inflicted by deceased on her, years before the homicide. Appellant’s brief discloses neither appellant’s offer to make the exhibit to the jury, nor any ruling -of the court with reference thereto, and consequently no…