Bruce v. State

John Bruce appeals from a conviction of murder and sentence to life imprisonment. Curtis Bruce, the son of John Bruce, struck Pearlie Bolling on the head with a piece of timber called a “wedge wood,” from which blow Pearlie Bolling died. For this offense Curtis Bruce was indicted for murder, and he pleaded guilty and received a sentence of life imprisonment. John Bruce, the appellant herein, was jointly indicted with his son, Curtis Bruce, as an accessory, and was convicted upon the theory that he aided and abetted in the killing.

The main pdint presented for reversal is that the evidence…