Crutchfield v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

— On September 7, 1911, appellant, John Crutchfield, was indicted for the murder of his brother, Tom Crutch-field, alleged to have occurred March 31, 1911. He was convicted of murder in the second degree and his penalty fixed at ten years confinement in the penitentiary.

A few days after the alleged murder an examining trial was had when, it seems, practically all of the witnesses were heard. One or two besides appellant who were gambling at appellant’s house that night were held under bond to answer said charge. When the grand jury convened at the next term of the District…