Ivory v. State

BOULDIN, Justice.

Appellant was indicted for the murder of Beatrice Reese, by shooting her with a gun. On his trial he was convicted of murder in the first degree and his punishment fixed at death.

The evidence for the State was to the effect, that for several hours defendant, in company with deceased and others, had gone from place to place, gotten whiskey, and had been drinking; that at the residence of one Jones defendant, without provocation, went into another room, got a shot gun, fired upon and killed the deceased.

On direct examination Dolores Reese, a witness for the State, testified…