Jones v. State

James Jones was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for life for the murder of Johnnie McBee, and appeals to this court.

We have reviewed the record in the case, and find that the testimony offered by the state was sufficient to sustain the verdict of the jury.

It is true there was a conflict, in the testimony as to whether or not the killing was in self-defense, but the jury decided the dispute in favor of the state.

Reversal is urged by the appellant upon one ground alone, and that is that the court erred in permitting the state to introduce before the jury a certain map of the…