Hughes v. State

James Hughes was convicted of robbery. To the overruling of his motion for new trial he excepted.

The Code, § 27-2401, declares that “On the trial of all felonies the presiding judge shall have the testimony taken down, and, when directed' by the judge, the court reporter shall exactly and truly record, or take stenographic notes of, the testimony and pro*886ceedings in the case, except the argument of counsel.” Thereafter this section relates only to the testimony so taken .down by the court reporter. The only exception not expressly abandoned by the defendant in this case is that “since the said…