Lumpkin v. State

Th'ad Lumpkin was placed on separate trial under a joint indictment charging him and Percy Carter with the murder of Will Wester by shooting him with a gun. The jury returned a verdict finding the defendant guilty and recommending mercy of the court. A motion for new trial was overruled, and the defendant excepted. The evidence showed, without contradiction, that Thad ■Lumpkin, Percy Carter, and two others went off at night in an automobile (a Dodge Sedan), to procure and transport a quantity of liquor. The automobile was the property of Lumpkin, as was also a loaded shotgun and several extra…