Groves v. State

Joe Groves and others were jointly indicted for the offense of murder. Joe Groves alone was put upon trial, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty without a recommendation. He thereupon filed a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and he excepted.

Three officers, including H. A. White, a deputy sheriff, with whose murder the accused is charged, and one other person approached a house, a small, lonely, and dilapidated building, about 100 yards from the road, for the purpose of arresting the defendant under a warrant which White had in his possession. There were several people in the…