Moray v. State

HARPER, Judge.

—The record in this case is in an unusual condition. The defendant was tried for burglary. He was not represented by an attorney, it appearing that he did not have means to employ one. He was convicted and his punishment assessed at five years confinement in the penitentiary. On the same day sentence was passed, at defendant’s request, as shown by the court. Seven days after trial and sentence defendant’s friends employed an attorney to represent the defendant, and he at once filed a motion for a new trial. Later on an amended motion was filed, setting up many grounds why the…