Webb v. State

The plaintiff in error was indicted for the crime of assault with intent to rape, and was convicted. He complains of the judgment overruling his motion for a new trial. The original motion for a new trial contained the usual general grounds, and the amended motion consists of twenty-seven special assignments of error. Many of the grounds set out in the motion for new trial are entirely without merit. Some contain immaterial errors which, on another trial, will probably not be repeated. We will consider only those grounds which we deem material and of sufficient importance to decide.

1. The…