Thompson v. State

John Thompson was tried under an indictment charging him with the murder of D. W. Huff, by shooting the decedent with a shotgun, and the jury trying the case returned a verdict of guilty. The defendant thereupon made a motion for a new trial, which contained the usual general grounds, and the additional ground that the court erred in admitting certain testimony set forth in the motion. Upon the hearing the court overruled the motion, and the defendant excepted.

1. In the first ground of the motion error is assigned upon the ruling of the court in admitting in evidence the following testimony…