State v. Detwiler

Brannon, Judge:

Ered Detwiler was convicted upon an indictment in Wetzel county charging him and Livy L. Barrick, Charles Pharet and Charles Eoyles with rape upon the person of Martha Harbert. The demurrer and some other questions raised in tbe case are disposed of in State v. Barrick, decided this term.-

The defendant moved a new trial because he was absent from the court room while a witness of his was being examined. It is questioned by the State whether it is proven that the witness answered a question when the accused was absent: It is useless to detail or discuss the evidence on this…