State v. Sanderson

Dudley A. Sanderson and E. Frank Bagwell were indicted for the murder of Annie Lee Taylor. The offense was committed on December 25, 1928. The defendants are members of the Caucasian race, and the deceased was a member of the negro race. The defendants were found guilty as charged without capital punishment, and were sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Sanderson alone has appealed.

The first bill of exceptions is one taken to the overruling of a motion attacking the right of the trial judge to sit in the case. The motion rests upon the ground that, as the trial judge has reached the age of…