Mershon v. State

The appellants and two other persons were jointly indicted for murder in the first degree. There were three counts in the indictment. The first count charged them with the murder of John Moore by cutting, stabbing, and mortally wounding him with a knife, on the 14th of April, 1871. The second count charged them with the murder of a person whose surname was Moore, but whose Christian name was to the grand jury unknown, on the same day, by cutting, stabbing, and mortally wounding him with a knife, metallic knucks, and other deadly weapons to the jurors unknown. The third count charged the…