Stoddard v. State

Appellant was indicted by tbe grand jury of St. Francis County for tbe crime of murder in the first degree, alleged to have been committed by killing Arthur Hamilton, and on change of venue to Lee County there was a trial of the cause, which resulted in appellant’s conviction of murder in the second degree-.

The killing of Hamilton by appellant is undisputed, and it occurred in the daytime on a street in the town or village of Colt, in St. Francis County. There were many eye-witnesses — some who claimed to have seen the whole of the encounter, and others part of it. Both men were armed, and…