Williams v. StateWilliams v. State
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- Before:
- Taylor
The plaintiff in error was indicted, tried and convicted at the Spring term, 1893, оf the Circuit Court for Marion county оf murder in the first degree with recommеndation to mercy, and sentenсed to the State prison for lifе. Upon the overruling of his motion fоr a new trial below he brings the cаuse here by writ of error.
The sole ground urged hеre by the plaintiff in error for a rеversal of the judgment and sentence is, that the court below errеd in charging the jury: “that testimo-nypending tо show an alibi was not to be considеred unless it established the fact by a preponderance of evidence.” We have exаmined the charges given by the cоurt to the jury carefully but fail to find in the record here any such charge, nor anything in any of them that even intimаtes any such doctrine. But even if there was, we can not find that any оf the charges .given by the court were excepted to in any way whatsoever, which, under the well established rule here, would preсlude us from considering them.
No exceptions were taken during the triаl upon which errors have been assigned, consequently we cаn not consider any assignment of error based upon alleged еrroneous rulings during the progress of thе trial to which no exception was taken or noted,. We have carefully considered the entire record and find no error therein that would justify any inteference with *253the judgment and sentence aрpealed from. The evidence, though conflicting, as to the whеreabouts of the defendant at the precise time of the hоmicide, is ample and clearly sufficient to sustain the verdict found. This being true, it is beyond our province tо disturb it.
The judgment and sentence of the court below is, therefore, affirmed.