Thompson v. State

The 8tlf and 9th grounds of the motion for a new trial in this case are as follows:

“7. Because the movant contends that the court erred as follows: On the direct examination of the State’s witness, Wesley Jones, by the solicitor, the following question was asked the witness by the solicitor: ‘Q. Whose whisky was it you poured out ?’ ‘A. It must have been his (referring to Thompson, the defendant).’ Defendant’s counsel objected to the answer of the witness, *805stating to the court, which was a fact, that the witness had just testified that he did not know whose whisky it was. The court overruled…