Beam v. State

Wyatt, Justice.

1. The only argument presented in this court in so far as the general grounds of the motion for new trial are concerned is, “We respectfully insist that a new trial should be granted on the general grounds.” We deem it sufficient to say that the evidence was ample to authorize the verdict. There is no merit in the general grounds.

2. Special ground one of the motion for new trial complains because the the trial judge excluded from evidence testimony to the effect that the deceased bore the reputation of being a person of violent, turbulent, and dangerous character. “The true…