State v. Porter

Woods, Judge:

Harry W. Porter was tried for the murder of Charles Golden Jordan, in the Court of Common Pleas of Cabell County, at the April term, 1924. He was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. His motion for a new trial was denied by the trial court. He petitioned the circuit court for a writ of error, which was refused, and he prosecutes his writ here.

Porter and his wife had lived in Huntington for some time. Ethel, the wife, owned a taxi-cab business and Porter helped her to conduct it. She drove taxi-cabs herself and was about the office much of the time.…