Ellis v. State

Henry Ellis was indicted for the offense of, murder, it being alleged in the indictment that he killed Johnie Taylor by cutting and stabbing him with a knife. Hpon the trial the accused was found guilty, without recommendation. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and the exception is to the judgment refusing a new trial. The defendant made a statement to the jury, but introduced no testimony. The testimony in behalf of the State was to the effect that Johnie Taylor was at a gathering at a house known as number 76 Brown’s Alley. He had been picking what some witnesses called “his box.”…