State v. Thompson.

Tbe prisoner was convicted of murder, in tbe first degree, of one Gus Alsobrooks. Tbe deceased was shot on tbe nigbt of 8 March, 1912, while asleep in a chair a few feet from a window, by some one standing outside. Quentin, son of deceased, testified that be was sleeping in tbe bed in tbe same room; that tbe dogs began barking outside; that be got up, went to bis father and tried to wake him; that while be was standing behind tbe chair tbe gun was fired by some one outside. He said that tbe shot struck tbe deceased in bis eyes and also bit tbe witness. Another son testified that be was in bed…