Little v. State

Appellant was allotted by the jury five years’ confinement in the penitentiary for murder.

I do not care to discuss the facts. Several bills of exception were reserved to arguments of state’s counsel. The first bill recites that counsel for the state used the following language:

“What an example it would be to the people of this county for you to return a verdict of not guilty against this bloody assassin.”

The second bill shows the same counsel used this language:

“Gentlemen, if you turn this man loose on such evidence, you might as well tear down your courthouse, burn up your jail, and throw…