State v. Williams

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McEnery, J.

The defendant was indicted for murder, tried, convicted and sentenced to death. He appealed.

He relies upon one bill of exception reserved to the ruling of the trial judge.

It is as follows: “ The defendant offered to prove by a State witness the turbulent character of the deceased when it was stated by said witness that the deceased living on another place came and sought the accused — that the overt act was complete from that fact.”

To this bill the court appended the following statement: “By the court — There was no evidence of any overt act…