Outler v. State

Appellant, Buck Outler, was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree, alleged to have been committed on December 24, 1921, in Montgomery County, by striking with a gun and killing Will Blackburn. The jury fixed appellant’s punishment at' imprisonment in the penitentiary for life, and, upon the overruling of appellant’s motion for a new trial, the court granted an appeal to this court.

It is first contended by the Attorney General that the case is not properly here for review because the appeal was granted by the trial court and not by this court or by one of the judges of this…