Brown v. State

HAWKINS, Judge. —

Appellant is condemned to suffer the death penalty for the murder of Frank Armstead.

There are six bills of exception in the record. They will not be discussed in the order they appear, but the sixth bill will be first considered. In the motion for new trial appellant assigns error in several particulars relative to the court’s action with respect to the examination of the witness Dupslaus. He made application for postponement of the hearing of his motion for new trial because of the absence of said Dupslaus by whom appellant says he expects to prove the matters set up in the…