State v. . Jimmerson

The defendants, James Jimmerson and A. L. Finley, were indicted and tried jointly for the murder of L. H. McNish. The case on appeal on the part of Jimmerson was agreed upon and signed by the solicitor of the district and the counsel of the defendant. It contained the statement that the deceased was a "tramp." The testimony showed that he was a brave and kindhearted and jovial Irishman. In the darkness of night, in a strange place, without an acquaintance, he was wounded unto death by the defendants, without the least provocation or excuse, in or near a vacant lot about the courthouse in…