Jones v. State

MERRILL, Justice.

Albert Lee Jones and Arthur Lee Grimes were jointly indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree. The indictment ■charged that these two defendants “unlawfully, and with malice aforethought, killed Mrs. Mattie V. Pearce, by shooting her with a gun or pistol.” They were placed on trial and found guilty as charged and sentenced to death in the electric chair. A motion for a new trial was denied and the .appellants now prosecute an appeal to this court under the automatic appeal statute. Code of 1940, Title 15, § 382(1) et seq.

The appellants were living or staying…