Morris v. State

Bernard alias Bonnie Morris, indicted for the murder of Rob Hix, was tried, convicted with a recommendation to mercy, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. He made a motion for new trial, which was subsequently amended, and upon the overruling of this motion he excepted.

The first ground of the amendment to the motion for new trial is based upon alleged newly discovered evidence. The evidence relied on was given by J. P. Noles and Clifford Scott. They made affidavits to the effect that they were traveling along the road near the point where the shooting occurred, that they…