Tillman v. State

Holden, J..

The plaintiff in error (hereinafter called the defendant) was convicted of the murder of Richard Phillips, and to the order of the court refusing him a new trial he excepted. There was evidence in behalf of the State; substantially as follows: The defendant came to the house of another person on the night of September 10, 1910. The house consisted of only one room, 10 feet wide and 15 féet long, and had only one window and one door. One witness testified the defendant came to the door, while others testified he came in the house. He took a pistol from a man whose name was Atticus…