Aldridge v. State

Smith, O. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder followed by a sentence to the penitentiary for life.

The evidence clearly presents a case for the jury, including the credibility of the witness Louis James Murrell. The appellant did not testify, and two special bills of exception were filed presenting objections to the argument of an attorney associated with the prosecution; the ground, thereof being that the argument constituted a comment on the failure of the appellant to testify.

It is not clear from the first of these bills of exception whether…