Crawford v. State

W. J. Crawford was indicated for assault with intent to murder for shooting C. H. Canington with a pistol. The jury found the defendant guilty of shooting at another, his motion for a new trial was overruled, and he excepted.

Over objection of counsel for the accused the court allowed the jury, accompanied by the sheriff, the lawyers in the case, and O. H. Canington, the prosecutor, to leave the court-room and inspect the automobile in which the prosecutor was seated when he was shot, under instruction that the prosecutor had been directed to point out the automobile, “and where it is claimed…