Poe v. State

Citations

• 32 Tex. 65

Syllabus

<p>1— See this case for a charge given by the court below in a trial for murder in. the first degree, and which is highly commended hy this court as a model worthy of imitation in similar cases.</p> <p>2— This court also takes occasion to approve the refusal of the court below to instruct the jury as to the second degree of murder, there being no evidence tending to reduce the homicide to that degree, and the real question in the case being as to who was the criminal agent.</p> <p>3— When the admission of illegal evidence is relied on, it is the duty of attorneys to except at the trial below and set forth the specific errors in their bills of exception, so that the attention of this court may be directed to the errors which are complained of.</p>