Ditmore v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Caddo county on a charge of murder, and his punishment fixed at life imprisonment. The case was closely tried, and is well briefed by able counsel for both the state and the defendant.

Defendant was charged with the murder of Ted Fisher. The evidence shows a state of facts about as follows: Defendant, a married man 40 years of age, was living with his ivife in the town of Hinton. Deceased was a young man, some 22 or 23 years old and for some time had been a close friend of defendant and his wife,…