Crawley v. State

Jim Crawley was jointly indicted with Reginald Crawley and Stiles Mitchell for the murder of William Carden. The three defendants were tried together, and Stiles Mitchell and Reginald Crawley were acquitted. Jim Crawley was convicted, the jury recommending that he be imprisoned in the penitentiary for life. A motion for a new trial was filed by Jim Crawley, and upon the hearing it was overruled. The only eye-witnesses to the killing, who were near enough to see and hear all that occurred, were the. three defendants named in the indictment. Each of these made a statement tending to show that…