Taylor v. State

Appellant was indicted and tried for murder in the first degree for the killing of one Willie Wilson by shooting him with a shotgun. He was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to fourteen years in the penitentiary.

Three grounds are assigned and argued by appellant for a reversal of the judgment and sentence against him: 1. Error of the court in refusing his motion for a continuance ; 2, error in admitting an alleged dying declaration of deceased; and 3, that the verdict and judgment are contrary to, and not supported by, the evidence.

As to the first alleged error, that the…