McPhail v. State

At the March term, 1902, of the superior court of Irwin county, McPhail was tried and convicted on an indictment charging him with the offense of murder. At the same term the defendant made a motion for a new trial, and the presiding judge granted a rule nisi calling upon the solicitor-general to show cause at such time and place as should be further ordered by the court, upon ten days notice to each party, why a new trial should not be granted. The motion was afterwards set for a hearing at Eastman on August 6, 1902, at chambers, and was duly heard at that time, the court reserving its…