State v. Peoples

Hatcher, Judge:

In a brawl over a card game Arthur Scarbur was killed by the defendant. He was found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to serve ten years in the penitentiary.

The attorney-general objects to a review of the case on the grounds that the evidence is not properly certified. We find this objection well taken as to the evidence introduced by the state. The trial court certified in the bill of exceptions, however, that “the defendant thereupon introduced the following testimony in his behalf”, after which is the evidence of witnesses, designated as witnesses called…