Wilkins v. State

The indictment alleged that Luther Edgar Sumrall with malice aforethought killed Arthur L. Wilkins by placing an automobile containing Wilkins on a railroad track so that he would be run over and killed by a railroad train, and that appellant prior to the commission of said offense with malice aforethought did "advise, command and encourage the said Luther Edgar Sumrall to commit said offense," the said appellant not being present when the offense was committed.

The confession of appellant was admitted in evidence. Unless said confession furnished direct evidence supporting the averments of…