State v. Connally

HIGGINS, Justice.

The defendant was charged, tried and convicted of breaking into and entering a dwelling house with intent to steal on December 18, 1937. After his conviction, but before being sentenced, the attorney appointed by the court to represent the defendant, who was in indigent circumstances, filed an exception to the jurisdiction of the court ratione materiae on the ground that the accused was under seventeen years of age at the time of the commission of the alleged offense. After the introduction of evidence on the issue and argument, the district judge overruled the exception and…