McCorquodale v. State

DAVIDS OH, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was assessed a life term imprisonment in the penitentiary under conviction of murder in the first degree.

Bill of exceptions number 1 complains of the action of the court refusing to postpone the selection of the jury until certain named jurors could be attached and brought into court. The court says in explanation: "The court heard the evidence of the sheriff as to where the said jurors resided, and ascertained they lived from eight to twenty miles from the courthouse. Instanter attachments for said jurors were issued, and the motion overruled. Before…