McPherson v. State

On the night of November 6, 1897, Wade Childee was assassinated while he was sitting near, a window, in his dwelling, reading. He was shot in the back of the head, dying a short time thereafter. The weapon used was a pistol. Whether the appellant was the guilty agent was the inquiry submitted to the jury’s determination on a trial had about 1-8 •years after the assassination of Childee. There was evidence inviting the jury’s judgment that the appellant was the assassin, and there was evidence inviting the conclusion that he was entirely innocent. The conviction is of murder in the first…