Hill v. State

Appellant was convicted in the district court of Eastland county of murder, and his punishment fixed at 25 years in the penitentiary.

There are three bills of exception in the record. The first complains of language and conduct of the trial court, but unfortunately the bill presenting the complaint fails to show that same took place in the presence and hearing of any jurors who sat upon this trial. On this point the bill states:

“While the jury panel for the week were seated in the courtroom and before the jury had been impaneled to try this case.”

Appellant was charged with murder, and no…