State v. Briggs

Sanders, Judge:

The defendant, Jesse Briggs, was convicted of the murder of Woodson Lyons by the criminal court of Fayette county, and sentenced to be hanged; and a writ of error to this judgment was allowed by one of the Judges of this Court. The *292defendant was tried at the January term, 1904, of said court, and on a motion for a new trial he filed his affidavit, showing that at the same term, and within a few days after he was indicted, he appeared before the court and stated that he had no money, and was, therefore, unable to employ counsel to represent him upon his trial. The court…