Bryant v. State

1. One witness testified that the farm of the deceased was in Walker county. Another witness testified that, while theffieceased was inside his field, the accused reached over the fence with a pocket-knife and inflicted the mortal wound. The venue was not questioned by the accused during the trial; but, by an amendment to his motion for a new trial, it is insisted that the venue was not sufficiently proved. Held: This ground' of the motion for a new trial was properly overruled.

2. Where a new trial is sought on the ground that a motion jfor a mistrial was erroneously overruled, but the ground…