Maund v. State

LIVINGSTON, Justice.

John Maimd was indicted, tried and convicted of murder in the first degree in the Circuit Court of Coffee County (Enterprise Div.), and his punishment fixed at death. This appeal is governed by sections 382(1) and 382(2), Title 15, Pocket Part of the Code of 1940, being the automatic appeal statute.

Appellant admitted that he killed William A. Whigham, called Willie Whigham, in front of Whigham’s home at about 9:30 to 10:00 o’clock on the night of January 2, 1950. It is not denied that the difficulty, which culminated in Whigham’s death, arose out of a dispute between…