Chance v. State

R. H. Chance was indicted for the murder of Watson Allen; and the jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to the mercy of the court. The defendant filed his motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and he excepted.

The tenth ground of the motion for new trial is as follows: “ Counsel for the State offered in evidence a Ford automobile which belonged to the defendant on trial, and in which said defendant was riding along the road leading by the home of the deceased on the morning of the shooting; and at the request of counsel for the State the court allowed the jury trying…