State v. Williams

Woods, Judge:

Jesse Williams was tried in the Criminal Court of Marion County for the murder of Buck Williams; and upon a verdict of murder in the first degree without recommendation, was sentenced to be hanged. The Circuit Court of Marion County held that the judgment of the Criminal Court was plainly right; and the defendant prosecutes this writ of error.

Buck Williams, the deceased, a “jolly, good-natured fellow,” lived alone at Uzztown, on the outskirts of Fairmont, in a small one-roomed shanty. This shanty was located near the top of a hill, and was connected with the street below, some…