Lumpkin v. State

The plaintiffs in error were jointly indicted for robbery, and, upon their conviction, moved for a new trial, which was Tefused.. They sued out a bill of exceptions, assigning error upon the overruling of their motion for a new trial, in which they complained, among other things, of the illegal admission of certain testimony. The prosecutor testified that he was set upon by three negro women and a sum of money was' forcibly taken from his person by one of them. The pressure of the case was upon the identity of the accused. Another witness testified, that he was a police officer and received a…