Williams v. State

Jenkins, Justice.

1. The evidence authorized the verdict finding the defendant guilty of murder.

*2593. With respect to the first (the only approved) special ground of the motion for new trial, the court did not err in refusing to allow a witness for the State, on cross-examination by the defendant, to answer questions as to whether the witness had “ever been in trouble,” and whether he had escaped from the chain-gang, where counsel for the defendant then stated to the court, “I am not trying to impeach him,” and the relevancy of such testimony was not otherwise made to appear.

3. “When an amendment…