State v. . Sheffield

The defendant was convicted of the murder in the first degree of James Miller, whom he was charged with shooting on the night of 6 August, and died on 7 August, 1933. He was sentenced to be electrocuted. The judgment of death by the court below concludes with these words: "And it is considered, adjudged and ordered that the said warden then and there cause a current of electricity of sufficient intensity and voltage to cause death, to pass in and through your body until you are dead; and may the Great God, who notes even the sparrow's fall, in his infinite pity, have mercy on your soul."

The…