State v. Wall

The defendant was indicted for the murder of one Percy Roberts, and was found guilty as charged. His appeal presents five bills of exception.

In overruling a motion for a new trial the trial judge said: “The evidence in this case disclosed conclusively that defendant carried into execution a wilful murder for the purpose of preventing the deceased from appearing as a witness against defendant’s son-in-law charged with arson in Mississippi." (Italics ours.)

We quote the above, especially the italicized portion thereof, for the purpose of better understanding the first bill of exception.

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