State v. Griffin

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

- Appeal from conviction and sentence under an indictment charging a violation of Section 149, Criminal Code of 1912 (Section 11, Criminal Code of 1922), making it a felony to attempt to administer poison to another. The alleged offense consisted in sprinkling paris green, a poison, upon the leaves of turnips growing in the garden of the prosecutor.

The principal circumstances, relied upon by the State to connect the defendant with 'the offense, were the unpleasant relations which existed between the parties, who were near neighbors;…