State v. Smith

PONDER, Justice.

The defendant Parnell Smith was charged in an indictment with the crime of murder. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to be electrocuted. He has appealed from the conviction and sentence.

During the course of the trial, counsel for the defendant reserved twelve bills of exception to the rulings of the trial judge.

Bill of Exception No. 10, taken to the ruling of the trial judge refusing to permit counsel for the defendant to examine the physicians who had been appointed by the court to determine the defendant’s present mental condition and to introduce additional evidence,…