State v. Coleman

The defendants were charged with hog stealing. They applied for a bill of particulars, in answer to which, the state set forth, among other things, that “the color of the hog was black” and that the “mark originally on the hog was a crop in the left ear and a split in the right.” On their trial, they were convicted, and, in due course, were sentenced, each to a term in the penitentiary. This appeal is from the conviction and sentences, and 11 bills of exception are relied upon for a-reversal thereof.

Bill No. 1. The trial judge refused, upon objection by the state, to permit defendants’…