Rogers v. State

On May 20, 1916, Louis Rogers was indicted for murder in the first degree. In the indictment it is charged “that the said Louis Rogers, with a certain knife which he the said Louis Rogers then and there held in his hand, feloniously, wilfully and of his malice afore*43thought and from a premeditated design to effect the death of the said Estell Little, the said Louis Rogers with the knife aforesaid, did strike, cut, stab and wound, giving to the said Estell Little then and there with the knife aforesaid, in and upon the body of the said Estell Little one mortal wound * * * of which mortal wound,…