Jones v. State

The appellant, Alonzo B. Jones, and Lee Jones, Milton P. Toliver, Thomas Toliver and Eli Lowry, were jointly indicted in the Orange Circuit Court, for the murder, in the first degree, of Thomas Moody, by shooting him with a gun.

Eli Lowry pleaded guilty to the indictment, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the state-prison for life. The other defendants pleaded not guilty, and, on their mo- • tion, a -change of venue was granted, to the county of Monroe.

In the Monroe Circuit Court the defendants elected to be tried separately, and the appellant was put upon his trial separately, before a…