Bramlett v. State

The prosecuting attorney of the Second Judicial District of Arkansas, of which Crittenden county is a part, filed an information on June 11,1941, in the circuit court of said county against the appellant, Freeman Bramlett, charging him with murder in the first degree by shooting and killing Charlie Goad on June 9, 1941, with a shotgun then and there held in his hands after premeditation and deliberation and with malice aforethought.

Appellant pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder in the first degree as charged in the information, and both parties announcing ready for trial, a jury of 12…