Peoples v. State

STAKELY, Justice.

Samuel E. Peoples was indicted for the. offense of unlawfully and with malice aforethought killing Clyde Gilmer Woods by striking him with a hammer. The defendant pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. As a result of the trial of the cause the defendant received the death penalty. The appeal comes here under the automatic appeals act.

Since the case must be tried again, as will hereafter appear, we shall not set forth tendencies of evidence in detail, but only so much of the tendencies of the evidence as appears to be necessary for an understanding of the…