Allen v. State

HARPER, Judge.

In this case appellant was indicted by the grand jmT, charged with murder, and upon being tried, he was convicted of the offense of murder in the second degree.

1. Appellant filed an application for a continuance, which being overruled, the action of the court was excepted to, and the first ground of the motion for a new trial is based on this bill! By the bill it is shown, that the witness, Lena Scott, had been duly subpoenaed, and the defendant expected to prove by said witness that she, the witness, told appellant that “deceased had told her to tell appellant to come up to the…