Norton v. State

In this case the appellant Norton was indicted, tried by a jury and found guilty of the crime of incest, as charged in the indictment, with one Elizabeth Flagg his stepdaughter, and his punishment assessed by the jury at imprisonment in the State’s prison for the term of four years. Over appellant’s motions for a new trial and in arrest, the court rendered judgment against him on the verdict.

Appellant has here assigned errors upon the overruling (1) of his motion for a new trial, (2) of his motion for a venire de novo, and (3) of his motion in arrest of judgment. We will consider and pass…