Wall v. State

Downey, J,

The appellant was indicted for the murder of one Morgan Cronkhite. The indictment is in four counts, each charging murder in the first degree. A motion by the defendant to quash each count of the indictment was overruled. A. motion to require the prosecutor to elect on which of the counts of the indictment he would try the defendant, was also overruled.

The defendant, on being arraigned, pleaded not guilty. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict of guilty against the defendant, and that he sutler death. A motion for a new trial was overruled, and sentence was pronounced against the…