Ransom v. State

Three youths, Raiford Ransom, Charles Ransom and James McElroy, were indicted for the murder of J. H. Jenkins. The cases were by consent consolidated for the purpose of trial, which trial resulted in a verdict of guilty of murder in the second deg’ree as to each of them and punishment fixed at imprisonment for twenty-one years in the State penitentiary.

It is contended here that the evidence is not legally sufficient to support the verdict against any of the defendants. This is the only ground urged by counsel for the reversal of the case.

At the time of the homicide the defendants, who were…