Jones v. State

The appellant, Marshall Jones, appeals here from a jury verdict of guilty and the imposition of the death penalty by the court below on a charge of murder from the second district of Coahoma county.

On September 22, 1924, the appellant, Marshall Jones, shot and killed Sam Cox, the killing occurring in Oil 1V1 ill alley in the city of Clarksdale at or near the house occupied by Sadie Howard and her husband, Eobert Howard, and also by Eebecca Mitchell, and her paramour, the deceased.

According to the state’s witnesses, some months prior to the homicide Eebecca Mitchell and the defendant had lived…