Hudson v. State

Hall, Justice.

Willis Hudson was indicted jointly with two others, his mother and half sister. The mother, Sarah Ann Roney, *728died in prison previously, and he and the sister, Isabella Roney, severed on the trial. He was found guilty, and sentenced to death, and thereupon he made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled by the court, and he brought the case here on bill of exceptions and writ of error-

(1.) Besides the ground that the verdict is against evidence, etc., the others are:

(2.) That through his ignorance, and the oversight and inefficieney of his attorneys, he failed to avail…