Denton v. State

The appellant, Boy Denton, was indicted in the Marion Circuit Court charged with the crime of murder in the first degree, the offense alleged to have been committed on November 25, 1932, by wilfully, with malice aforethought, after premeditation and deliberation, killing one Coy Aday, by shooting him with a pistol. No objection has been raised to the indictment. The trial resulted in a conviction for murder in the second degree and punishment fixed at seven years’ imprisonment in the State Penitentiary.

We have examined the record in this case and find substantial legal evidence to support the…