Caveney v. State

The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the court below on a chargé of murder in the second degree for killing Sam White. The court rendered judgment on the verdict of the jury that he be imprisoned in the state prison for life. A motion for a new trial was overruled. The errors presented to this court are predicated upon that ruling.

The appellant assigns error of the trial court in the admission of certain testimony of the sheriff of Vermillion County, who testified as a witness in chief for the state. In his examination he stated that he arrived upon the scene shortly after the…