Berry v. State

KNIGHT, Justice.

The appellant, Wesley Berry, was indicted by the grand jury of Washington county, at the second or fall term of said court, in 1933, for the offense of murder in the first degree. On his trial for said offense he was convicted by the jury of murder in the highest degree, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. Upon this verdict the defendant was duly sentenced by the court to imprisonment in the penitentiary of this state for the term of his natural life, and he appeals.

The record proper is in all respects regular, showing due organization of the…