Young v. State

Young was convicted of the offense of murder; he made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and he excepted. One of the grounds of his motion was, in substance, that when the State offered Lugenia Butts, a child under fourteen years o'f age, as a witness, she was objected to on the ground that sbe was incompetent because of her want of knowledge as to the nature and sanctity of an oath. The judge asked the witness her age, and she replied that she was then twelve years old; he further inquired if she testified in the ease upon a previous trial, and she replied that she did; whereupon…