Cravens v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.—This

is an appeal from a conviction for murder in the second degree with a penalty of nine years.

Ho statement of facts accompany the record in this case. In the record, we find two bills of exceptions—one is that the judge absented himself from the courtroom while the case was being tried, and, second, the jury reached their verdict by lot. 1. In regard to the first question the facts show that while one of counsel for appellant was addressing the jury someone called the judge to the telephone. This telephone was located in an anteroom, which opened into the courtroom and was…