Davis v. State

MERRILL, Justice.

The appellant Ruby Lee Davis was indicted by a Grand Jury of Tuscaloosa County for the offense of murder in the first degree. On her trial in the circuit court of said county on the indictment, she was convicted of murder in the second degree and her punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary of this state for a period of thirty years.

There is no official report of the proceedings and evidence on the trial. The appeal is upon the record.

The record proper shows indictment in due form of law; arraignment of defendant upon the indictment in open court, her counsel…