Harrison v. State

Carter, J.:

At the last term of the. Circuit Court of Calhoun county, the plaintiff in error was tried for the murder of one Tom Smith, alleged to have been committed in that county on April 5, 1896. He was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to death, and we are now asked to reverse this judgment, because it is insisted the Circuit Court should have granted a new trial upon the ground that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict.

Only three witnesses were examined upon the trial. J. L. Moody, for the State, testified that on April 5, 1896, he was sitting on…