McCall v. State

Graves, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of an assault to murder, and sentenced to a term of four years in the penitentiary.

He complains herein in his bill of exceptions No. 1 on account of the fact that upon the calling of his case for trial, upon his failure to appear, the sheriff was sent by the court to appellant’s house, about ten miles from the court house, and such sheriff took the appellant out of bed and brought him to court, and he was placed upon his trial.

There seems to have been no statement from any physician exhibited showing the illness of appellant, and no proof offered relative…