Hemphill v. State

KRUEGER, Judge. —

Appellant was convicted of the offense of murder with malice aforethought, and his punishment was assessed at death.

At his trial, he reserved four bills of exceptions which he brought forward, each of which he contends reflects reversible error. . .

His first bill shows that the district attorney, in reading the written dying declaration of the deceased to the jury,, misread the last sentence thereof, to which appellant objected. The court promptly sustained the objection, and the district attorney .immediately confessed the error and corrected it. The court, in its…