Link v. State

Appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Phillips County for the crime of murder in the first degree committed by the shooting and killing of one Dr. Miller, and from a manslaughter conviction upon which a five-year sentence was imposed he appeals to this court.

The State relied for a conviction upon the dying declaration of deceased, corroborated by confessions and voluntary statements of appellant to the sheriff of Phillips County. The dying declaration of the deceased was to the following effect: “I, Dr. W. P. Miller, after having been told by Dr. J. B. Ellis that I am going to die and…