Lillard v. State

Appellant was charged by indictment with murder in the first degree, and a trial by a jury resulted in his conviction of murder in the second degree; and, over his motion for a new trial, he was sentenced to be imprisoned in the State prison during life. From this judgment he appeals, and alleges in his assignment of errors that the lower court erred— First, in overruling his motion for a new trial; sec*323ond, in overruling the motion for a new trial when he was not present personally in court; third, in sentencing him without inquiring whether he had any legal cause to show why judgment should…