Green v. State

Mabry, J.:

Plaintiff in Error was indicted for the murder of one Sallie Brown, and was convicted of the offense charged. On a writ of error from the judgment of the Circuit Court three errors are assigned: 1st. The court erred in allowing the County Judge to testify as to the plea and confession made in his court by the defendant. 2nd. The court erred in giving in its charge a form of verdict if the jury found the defendant guilty, and in not giving the form of verdict if they found him not guilty. 3rd. The court erred in overrulling defendant’s motion for a new trial.

The State examined four…