Jones v. State

Appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Conway county on a charge of murder in the first degree alleged to have been committed by his having shot and killed one Charles Pickthorne. He ivas tried, convicted and sentenced to a term of seven years in the state penitentiary, the conviction being- for murder in the second degree.

On the morning of July 12, 1937, the deceased, Charles Pickthorne, was engaged with one Jim Carrey, his employee, in making preparation to whitewash a barn. He had gotten the ingredients with which to make the whitewash and at the time he was shot by appellant, he and…