Clark v. State

Appeal from circuit court of Forrest county. Hon. R. S. Hall,, Judge. Eugene Clark was convicted of murder, and k¿ appeals. The law seems settled that in the establishment of 'threats it is not only competent to prove the naked words but it is also competent to prove in connection therewith and as a part thereof the possession of weapons and means with which to execute the threat; in such a case the weapon and the exhibit of it is part and parcel of the threat, an essential element of it, for threats without any means of executing, ;it would seem, might well be considered harmless. We submit…