Grooms v. State

KNIGHT, Justice.

The appellant, Judge Grooms, was indicted by a grand jury of Dale county for the offense of murder in the first degree, and, upon his trial under the indictment, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment was fixed by the jury at death.

The record proper shows indictment in due and legal form, due arraignment, trial, conviction, and sentence. No errors appear upon the record proper.

The evidence in this case leaves no room for doubt that the appellant on or about the 0th day of October, 1932, at an early hour in the morning, killed his wife, Rachael Grooms,…