Robinson v. State

ENGLISH, Ch. J.:

John Lindsay, Smith Kellum and Peyton Robinson were jointly indicted in the Pulaski Circuit Court, for murdering Andrew Taylor by shooting him with pistols. They were charged with murder in the first degree. On arraignment, the prisoners pleaded not guilty; Robinson elected to sever, was tried, the jury found him guilty of murder in the second degree, and fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the Penitentiary five years. He filed a motion for a new trial, which the court overruled, and he took a bill of exceptions; final judgment was rendered against him, and he brought…