Rigsby v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Mayes county of the crime of murder, and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment for life in the state penitentiary.

Defendant was charged by information jointly with Elizabeth Barcus and John Doe with having murdered one George W. Barcus, the husband of Elizabeth Barcus, on or about the 12th day of December, 1931.

It appears from the record that Barcus and his wife had been living in the city of Muskogee; that defendant also lived there and was engaged in the real estate business; that defendant…