Tucker v. State

Mr. Malone, Special Judge,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The plaintiffs in error (hereinafter called the defendants) were indicted for the killing of. one Russell Hughey, and were found guilty of murder in the first degree, with mitigating circumstances — the jury fixing their punishment at imprisonment for life. Their motion for a new trial having been overruled, they have appealed to this court, and have assigned numerous errors.

Without undertaking at this point to discuss the facts of the case, it may be stated that the defendants and the deceased, Russell Hughey, were distantly…