Brown v. State

Melvin Brown, together with Rainey Cauthern, Arthur Alexander, Ora Whittle, Oscar Dutton, and Melvin Wind-ham as principals, and Charlie Waller and John Waller as accessories before the fact, were indicted for the murder of James C. Langston. In the trial now under review Melvin Brown alone was upon trial. In the trial Rainey Cauthern and Melvin Wind-ham, who pleaded guilty to the murder as charged, were witnesses. Brown was convicted. He moved for a new trial, which was refused. He excepted to this judgment. It is also assigned as error that the judge directed to be inserted in the record of…