Ammons v. State

The plaintiff in error, Tom Ammons, to to whom reference will hereinafter be made as the defendant, was indicted for the murder, on December 30, 1923, of W. T. Williams and on March 20, 1924, convicted of murder in the second degree. He seeks reversal of the judgment on Writ of Error.

The facts in the case, which the evidence tends to prove, may be briefly stated. The deceased, who operated a small farm, had employed the defendant to manage it or work upon it upon terms. A disagreement had arisen between them out of which litigation had grown resulting in ill feeling between the parties.

The…