Alexander v. State

Nichols, Justice.

Thomas Grover Alexander was convicted of the murder of Shirley Gaddis with a recommendation of mercy. The sole enumeration of error complains that the evidence did not authorize the verdict and that the State failed to prove the corpus delicti. The indictment charged that the murder was committed by shooting the deceased with a pistol. On the trial it was shown without dispute that the shooting took place with only the defendant and the deceased present, that the deceased was shot four times with a pistol owned by the defendant and that the defendant was shot three times with…