Tiller v. State

Duckworth, Justice.

1. The evidence authorized the verdict finding the defendant guilty of the offense of murder, with recommendation of mercy, and the court did not err in overruling the general grounds of the motion for new trial.

2. Special grounds 1, 2, and 3 of the motion are but elaborations of the general grounds, and are without merit.

3. One ground assigns error on the admission in evidence of testimony of a witness for the State, that the defendant stated to him, shortly after the homicide: “I sent for the law. I wanted to kill that negro over yonder before the law gets me, and I will…