Milligan v. State

The plaintiff in error was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Columbia County for the larceny of a steer. He was sentenced to serve a term of three years in the State prison and to review this judgment he took a writ of error.

The first assignment of error is based upon a ruling of the trial court in sustaining an objection by the State Attorney to a question asked a State witness upon cross-examination by counsel for the defendant. The question is as follows: “What was he doing to run over you.” The witness had been asked on cross-examination if he had ever had any trouble…