State v. Singleton

HAMLIN, Justice:

Defendant was charged by bill of information with the crime of attempted murder, tried, convicted, and sentenced to serve fifteen years at hard labor in the State Penitentiary. He appeals to this Court from his conviction and sentence, presenting for our consideration one bill of exceptions reserved to the overruling of a motion for a new trial.

Counsel for defendant neither filed a brief in this Court nor made an appearance on the date set for argument.

The motion for a new trial avers that the verdict of the jury was contrary to the law and the evidence. The bill of exceptions…