Davis v. State

The appellant, Manuel Davis, was convicted in the circuit court of Panola county on a charge of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary.

In view of the fact that we have determined that this case must be reversed and remanded for another trial, we shall not undertake to set out the facts as disclosed by the record.

The indictment charged that the defendant, the appellant, Manuel Davis, killed, etc., Ernest Jones, a human being. No witness testified that the appellant killed Ernest J ones. Without contradiction, it appears that the name of the deceased was Man J ones.…