Morgan v. State

Howard Morgan, alias Creel, was indicted for the offense of burglary. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The defendant made a motion for new trial which was overruled and he. excepted.

In opening his charge to the jury the judge said: “The grand jury of this county, on the 27th day of March, 1936, returned into this court as true a bill of indictment against the defendant on trial, Howard Morgan, alias Creel, and another, charging them with the offense of burglary. The allegations are that . .” (Italics ours). The defendant excepted to this charge on the ground “that the court in using the…