Wade v. State

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

At the Fall term 1938 of the circuit court of Russell County the grand jury found and returned into open court an indictment against this appellant charging him with the offense of murder in the first degree; specifically, that he unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed Gertrude Williams by shooting her with a gun or pistol, etc.

On May 22, 1939, the defendant was arraigned upon said indictment and interposed his plea of not guilty. Whereupon, the court duly and properly made and entered all necessary orders as to setting a day for the trial of the case and…