Beavers v. State

The appellant was indicted for the murder of John W. Sewell, tried by a jury, found guilty as charged, and is now under sentence of death. He appeals to this court.

1. Without noticing the proceedings in detail, we will *532examine the questions raised against them on behalf of the prisoner, by his counsel. They first move this court to strike out of the bill of exceptions an instruction given to the jury, by the court, numbered “ 21 ”; and, also, to strike out a certain “ statement written in the bill of exceptions by the judge, after it was prepared by counsel and handed 'to him for his…