Philpot v. State

Head, Justice.

1. Walter, alias “Red,” Philpot was charged with the murder of Lloyd Lockhart, and his trial resulted in a, verdict of guilty without a recommendation of mercy. His motion for new trial as amended was denied, and the exception is to that judgment.

The only contention made under the general grounds of the motion for new trial is that the State failed to establish proof of the identity of the deceased as that of Lloyd Lockhart, the person alleged in the indictment to have been killed by the defendant.

The coroner of the county testified that he examined the body of Lloyd Lockhart,…