Nail v. State

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

William Frank Nail, appellant herein, was convicted of the crime of Murder in the First Degree, and his punishment fixed at death by electrocution. From the judgment so entered, comes this appeal. Numerous assignments of error are contained in appellant’s motion for new trial, the first several dealing with the sufficiency of the evidence.

Proof reflected that Nail, James Moss, and James Leroy Montgomery, were convict trusties at the state penitentiary farm located at Tucker. Nail and Moss were riflemen on the plow squad, and Montgomery was the rider.1 According…