Snoddy v. State

About December -7, 1921, the 'body of a man was found in the Warrior river, just helow a bridge which crosses the river, on the Jasper and Birmingham road. The man’s throat had been cut, severing the jugular vein. He was described as having dark sandy short hair, blue eyes, dressed in a mackinaw coat, besides other clothing, and wearing ordinary work shoes, one of which had been slit at the toe with a knife. The body had attached to the feet an automobile mud chain. The body and clothing were muddy and gave evidence of having been in the river for some days. Decomposition had set in. The man…