Curry v. State

Gilbert, J.,

concurring specially. 1. The verdict and judgment in this ease should be set aside and a new trial granted, but this should be done on the ground that the evidence, as it appears in .the record, does not authorize the verdict. The evidence presented by the State may be briefly summarized by saying that the corpus delicti was proved, and contradictory statements by the accused, the first statement being one made to a witness for the State to the effect that the deceased was killed by a strange negro, who had escaped; the second statement being, in effect, that the accused and the…