Coward v. State

The appellant, W. &. Coward, Jr., was convicted in the circuit court of Scott county, Mississippi, of the murder of his brother, Ed. Coward, and was sentenced to the state penitentiary for life, and from this conviction and sentence he prosecuted this appeal.

In order to dispose of the several assignments of error, it will be unnecessary to here set forth the facts surrounding- this unfortunate killing. It will be sufficient to say that, according to the testimony of the several eyewitnesses, who testified for the state, the killing was without any sort of'excuse or justification, and was…