Jones v. State

KNIGHT, Justice.

The appellant was indicted by a Grand Jury of Russell County for the offense of murder in the first degree, and upon his trial upon said indictment was convicted of murder in the first degree, as charged, and his punishment fixed by the trial jury at death. From the judgment and sentence pronounced upon the verdict against the appellant, defendant in the court below, this appeal is prosecuted.

In the outset we are confronted by a motion of the State to strike the bill of exceptions found in the record. The State’s motion is predicated upon the ground that what purports to be…