State v. Clark

Defendant, having been indicted for murder and convicted of manslaughter, presents his appeal to this court on three bills of exception, to wit:

*413[1] Bill l, which recites that a witness, called by the state, having been examined and re-examined, was leaving the stand when the trial judge recalled him an'd asked the question, “Were you examined as thoroughly before the coroner’s jury as you have been by the lawyers now?” to which the witness answered, “No, sir;” and to which counsel for defendant objected—

“because the question asked had for its object the clearing up of the statement of the…