Herring v. State

BOULDIN, Justice.

Appellant, Bud Phelps Herring, was indicted for the murder of Eunice Peacock. Pie was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment fixed at death. On Saturday, October 5, 1940, the body of Mrs. Peacock was found in a shallow pond in a densely wooded area. Evidence for the state discloses that the body bore marks of violence, tended to show the victim had been raped, her neck broken; and further evidence of having been cast into the pond while still alive. A few hours before the body was found, Mrs. Peacock was at the residence of Mr. Henry Stewart. While there…