Eaton v. State

Appellant was jointly indicted with Clovis, Dell, and Edgar Eaton at the August term, 1931, of the circuit court of Prentiss county, of the murder of Clyde Rivers, a deputy United States marshal for the Northern District of this state. There was a severance granted appellant, who was tried, convicted of murder, and, the jury being unable to agree on the punishment, was sentenced by the court to life imprisonment in the sthte penitentiary. From that judgment, appellant prosecutes this appeal.

Some months prior to the killing of Rivers, appellant was convicted in the United States District Court…