State v. Duckworth

Defendants were tried at the April term, 1878, of the circuit court of Henry county, upon a charge of grand, larceny, of which they were convicted. The cause is before us on writ of error, and we are asked to review alleged errors of the trial court iu allowing the State to assail the character of defendants, each of them having testified in his own behalf, and in giving a written instruction to the jury, in the absence of defendants and their counsel, after they had retired to consider their verdict. Neither of these alleged errors can be considered, because no bill of exceptions was filed…