Edwardson v. State

BROWN, Justice.

This is the appeal of Léxie Lugenia Edwardson who was indicted' by a Grand •Jury in the Circuit Court of Mobile County for murder in the first degree, 'the indictment charging that “before the finding of this indictment Lexie Lugenia Edward-son, whose name is to the Grand Jury otherwise unknown than as stated, unlawfully and with malice aforethought, killed •Chester Tullous by shooting him with a gun, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.” On her trial she was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to suffer death by electrocution. The appeal…