State v. Solomon

McCALEB, Justice.

John Solomon, a Negro, having been convicted of the murder of William Street, Sr., a white man, and sentenced to death for the crime, prosecutes this appeal. During his trial he reserved 20 bills of exceptions. Of these, he has abandoned Bills Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 13, 15, 16, 19 and 20. He is relying on the others for a reversal of his conviction. The facts of the case, insofar as pertinent to a consideration of the bills, are as follows:

Street, the decedent, was Chief Engineer and appellant the Fireman on the Tugboat “Robert W. Wilmot” which operates in the Mississippi River…