Alford v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, twenty years.

In view of our disposition of this cause, a recitation of the facts will not be necessary, other than to say that the state had no witnesses to the homicide and all who were present at the time testified for the appellant. The appellant’s defense was that of accident.

Appellant’s Bills of Exception Nos. 3, 4, 5, and 6 relate to argument and conduct of the district attorney. Each of these bills was qualified by the trial court, in which the court gave a different version of the argument; such qualification was ex cepted to by…