Barrett v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was convicted of murder, and his punishment assessed at death in the electric chair.

Dr. P. K. Lewis, testifying on behalf of the state, stated:

“I am a regular practicing physician and surgeon; I know the defendant; was called to the Barrett home the evening of May 3, 1934; the defendant, his wife, and six or seven children were suffering from convulsions; I treated Betty Joy Barrett and Mary Katherine Barrett; Betty Joy and Mary Katherine are now dead; the cause of their death was strychnine poison; I was the first doctor to…