State v. . Fogleman

The prisoner, indicted for the murder of W. J. Carter, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and from judgment of death by electrocution he appealed, assigning error. He neither testified nor introduced any witnesses. The evidence for the State tends to show the facts to be as follows:

The deceased was 61 years old. He conducted a mercantile business near a hard-surfaced highway 3 miles south of Leaksville, the direction of the highway being north and south. Parallel with the highway was a storeroom (occupied by the deceased) the length of which was about 30 feet and the width about 17…