Tanner v. State

At the March term, 1925, the grand jury of Johnson County returned an indictment against J. J. Tanner and C. G-. Rawlings, charging them with the offense of murder, for that they did, on the 17th day of February, 1925, kill and murder G. A. Tarbutton by shooting him. The defendant Tanner was put upon trial at the March term, 1925, of the superior court of Johnson County,'and the jury trying the case returned a verdict of guilty with a recommendation of' mercy. The defendant made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and he excepted.

Tarbutton was killed by a load of shot discharged…