Revill v. State

Worrill, Justice.

William Revill was tried for rape and sentenced to serve 20 years in the penitentiary. The defendant’s motion for new trial on the general grounds and six special grounds, complaining of rulings on the admissibility of evidence, and the refusal to declare a mistrial, was denied, and he excepted. Held:

1. Where, as here, the prosecutrix testified that she identified the defendant before the officer put the hat and coat on him, the trial court did not err, as complained of in the 5th special ground of the amended motion for new trial, in refusing to allow the prosecutrix while…