Murray v. State

The defendant, Elmer Murray, was indicted for murder in the first degree at the spring term, 1922, of the circuit court of Escambia county for killing Jim Moye. At this term of the court he was duly arraigned on the indictment, and pleaded to it not guilty, and not guilty by reason of insanity. These pleas were entered of record in the minutes of the court. He was tried on this indictment at the spring term, 1923, of this court, was convicted by the jury of murder in the second degree, and his punishment fixed at 25 years imprisonment in the penitentiary. This appeal is prosecuted from a…