The People v. Brewer

The defendant, Edd Brewer, was convicted at the December term, 1932, of the Saline county circuit court for the murder of Grady Sutton and was sentenced to death. He had previously been convicted of the murder of Danny Law, for which offense he was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. We will refrain from discussing the facts surrounding the killing of Law except so far as they are necessary in dealing with the killing of Sutton. The record on the charge for the murder of Sutton is before us on writ of error.

The defendant is a native of Kentucky and has been employed as a…