Brockman v. State

The appellant, Will Brockman, alias Will Brockway, alias Eddie Edwards,- was indicted, tried, and convicted in the Circuit Court of Lowndes County for the crime *315of murder, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

The evidence on the part of the state establishes the following facts: On Saturday night, April 29, 1950, the deceased, William James, and his wife were working in their grocery store located in the City of Columbus, Mississippi; that the appellant was a regular customer of the store, and on the night of the killing, he came into the store at approximately…