Helms v. State

Lloyd Helms was convicted of the murder of Joe Greer, alias Good Greer, and recommended to the mercy of ihe court. The State submitted evidence tending to show that Laura Greer, the sister of the deceased, lived in a state of concubinage with the defendant. Between seven and eight o’clock at night the defendant came to the house where Laura Greer lived; she was sick and attended by a small girl, named Lidell Sanders. He demanded, with an oath, that the door be opened, and Laura told Lidell to open the door. The defendant came in the house with his shoes under his arm, and with a knife, and…