Hall v. State

Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and the extreme penalty of the law fixed by the jury.

No preliminary questions as to the sufficiency of venire are presented by the record or argued by counsel.

At the trial the state's evidence sufficiently established the corpus delicti and the venue in the county where the trial was had. The predicate was sufficient to admit declarations against interest or in the nature of confessions. The real conflict in the evidence was as to the character of the homicide. There was evidence by the state tending to show defendant's motive for the…