Ford v. State

The appellant was tried and convicted in the circuit court of Marshall county on an indictment charging him with the murder of Robert Scott, and the jury, by its verdict, fixed his punishment at life imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

We shall not undertake to give a detailed statement of the facts, but the evidence clearly shows, according to the record, that appellant admits that he slew the deceased because he was “scared” of the deceased, who had cursed the appellant.

Appellant made statements outside of court that he killed the deceased because he had cursed him and called him vile…