Ezell v. State

MiNor W. Millwee, Justice.

Appellant, Matthew Ezell, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree and bis punishment fixed at death. He has appealed from the judgment rendered in accordance with the jury’s verdict.

The testimony tends to establish the following facts: L. J. Wood lives in the Jacksonville Community in Mississippi County. About 7:30 o’clock Sunday morning, April 24,1949, Jimmie Wood, son of L. J. Wood, went to his father’s pasture to round up some horses. As he crossed a levee which runs through the pasture, he heard some dogs barking. Upon investigation he discovered…