Lee v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of murder in the first degree, and there being a recommendation to mercy, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.

We might refuse to entertain any of the assignments of error, by reason of the very great irregularity-'in the settlement of the bill of exceptions upon which all the assignments of error are based, but the State has declined to take advantage of the irregularity, and the bill was actually signed by the Circuit Judge who tried the case.

A few hours after the homicide, this accused was taken to the scene. The officer in charge testified to the…