State v. Warlick

ODOM, Justice.

The defendant shot and killed his stepson and was indicted for murder. He was convicted of murder without capital punishment and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal he asks that the verdict and sentence be set aside on five, grounds, which are set forth in bills of exception.

Bill No. 1. The wife of the accused was summoned as a -witness by the state. After the jury was impaneled, counsel for defendant requested the court to sequester all witnesses, both for the state and for the defense. The wife of the accused, being one of the witnesses, was called to the bar along with…