Alford v. State

SIMPSON, Judge.

The appellant has been twice tried upon an indictment charging murder in the first degree.

The first trial resulted in a mistrial, to which we hereafter refer. The second trial eventuated in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, with punishment of ten years’ imprisonment.

Consistent with our duty in such cases, we have scanned the record for error, but find that only those points urged upon our consideration by counsel for appellant merit separate treatment, so we confine dis- . cussion to them.

The first and principal contention for error is that, on account of…