Edenfield v. State

We will enlarge upon the 2d headnote only. The 7th ground of the amendment to the motion for a new trial is as follows: “The defendant, Joseph J. Edenfield Jr., in his statement, submitted to the jury his version of the substance of the testimony given by certain witnesses for the defendant, George T.Edenfield, on-the previous trial of George T. Edenfield, charged with murder under the same indictment, to wit: witnesses Dr. C. Thompson, Madison Mills, James A. Dixon Jr., and others. The. State, in rebuttal, swore as a witness P. W. Martin, the official court reporter, and submitted to said P.…