State v. Able

The defendant was indicted in the McDonald Circuit Court, at its June term, 1874, for murder in the first degree, in killing one John L. Lane. At the October term, 1874, of said court, on defendant’s application, a change of venue was awarded to the Circuit Court of Jasper County, in which latter court, at its March term, 1875, defendant was put upon his trial, which resulted in a verdict of guilty. Motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment were in due time filed, and being overruled, defendant brings the case here by appeal. The grounds'relied upon for a reversal of the judgment are,…