MacKie v. State

George Mackie, alias George McKey, appeals from a conviction and sentence to death for .the murder of Mrs. William Bolian on the afternoon of August 9, 1924, at her home about two miles north of Summit, Pike county.

A reversal of the judgment of the lower court is sought upon several grounds, and we shall notice and discuss the points in the order of their presentation, after stating- the facts of the case as shown by the testimony introduced at the trial. The story of the tragedy, as shown by the evidence offered by the state, which was believed by the jury and is therefore to be viewed on…