Saucier v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant and David Beck were charged by indictment with the unlawful killing of Thomas Houston Gibbons by “stomping and kicking the said Thomas Houston Gibbons with their feet, and by hitting the said Thomas Houston Gibbons with their fists, and by choking the said Thomas Houston Gibbons with their hands.”

The appellant was placed upon his trial alone, and by the jury assessed the death penalty.

Upon the calling of this cause, appellant moved the court in writing to grant a severance herein and to place David Beck upon his trial first. This motion for a severance was granted, and…