Branch v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of the murder of his father. The jury reccommended mercy, so the sentence was life imprisonment. He seeks a reversal of the jurgment on writ of error.

An examination of the “transcript of testimony” as reported by the court reporter discloses evidence abundantly sufficient to support the verdict.

The plaintiff in error, who was the son of the man killed, had been attacked by his father early Sunday morning on the 7th of February, 1926. The circumstances occurred in about the following manner: the accused’Johnnie Branch, who lived with his father and mother…