Worley v. State

John Worley and Hugh Boggs were jointly indicted for the murder of Jasper Turner. Worley was put upon trial and convicted of the offense of murder, and a recommendation was made by the jury that he be imprisoned for life in the penitentiary. The defendant thereupon made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled.

The State introduced evidence tending to show that the homicide was wilful and unprovoked murder, committed by the defendants *337for the probable purpose of securing possession of an automobile which belonged to the decedent and which they had hired for the evening, ostensibly for the…