Goff v. State

Jones, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in error and one Bill Roberts were indicted and tried jointly for murder in the first degree of one Mack Paul. The plaintiff in error was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to life imprisonment, and Bill Roberts was acquitted. From such judgment and sentence the plaintiff in error seeks relief here by writ of error.

There are seven assignments of error, and. these will be considered in the order of their presentation'.

The first assignment is that “The court erred in refusing to give the special written charge numbered one requested by the…