SIMPSON, Justice.
The appellant, Joe Sidney, alias, was tried in the Circuit Court of Sumter County for the offense of murder in the first degree. Upon a plea of not guilty, trial was had and the jury returned a verdict of guilty and fixed punishment at death by electrocution. From that sentence this appeal has proceeded under the automatic appeal statute.
The appellant filed a motion for new trial in the court below and insists on this appeal that it was...
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