Hinton v. State

Murdock Hinton was indicted by the grand jury of George County for the murder of J. E. Nelson. A change of venue was granted to Stone County. On the trial, the jury returned a straight verdict of guilty of murder. From a judgment and sentence to death by electrocution, he appeals.

Hinton was 45 years old, and the father of seven children. He experienced marital difficulties, and his *616wife divorced Mm. His eldest .daughter Gloria Jean, 18 years old and unmarried, had given birth to an illegitimate child — a daughter. On December 21,1948, the family •was living near Lucedale in George County,…