Reed v. State

Plaintiff in error, David B. Reed, was convicted of murder, and in pursuance of the verdict of the jury was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life at hard labor. He has appealed from said conviction to this court, but there has been no appearance in his behalf on his appeal. We have nothing before us but the petition in error and case-made.

The information charged him with the murder of one Roy Perrick, alleged to have been committed on the 24th day of July, 1920.

The assignments of error are that the verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence; that the court erred in…