Johnson v. State

The plaintiff in error, Lon Johnson, was informed against for the murder of one Rex Sansing. The trial jury found him guilty of murder and fixed his punishment at imprisonment for life in the state penitentiary. From the judgment rendered in accordance with the verdict, he appeals.

The errors assigned are substantially as follows: First, that the verdict of the jury is contrary to the law and to the evidence; second, that the court erred in admitting incompetent and prejudicial testimony; third, that the court erred in rejecting legal and competent testimony offered by the defendant. The…