Cranford v. State

The appellant, John Cranford, and Charlie Burns were jointly indicted b3r the grand jury of Newton Corner for the crime of -murder in the first degree in the killing of one Lige Roberts. Burns was tried separately at a former term of the court and was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to imprisonment for life in the State Penitentiary. He appealed to this court, and the judgment of the trial court was affirmed. Burns v. State, 145 Ark. 1. The facts and circumstances under which the killing occurred are fully set forth in that opinion, -and it could serve no useful purpose…