Tyler v. State

Robert Tyler, the appellant, was indicted, together with three others, for murder, in the killing of one King Lee. Upon motion he was granted a severance. Oin his separate trial, upon a verdict of guilty as charged, the court sentenced him to be hanged. From this conviction and sentence, appellant prosecutes this appeal.

The conviction rests upon the testimony of Charity Lee, the wife of King Lee, the deceased, and the confession of the accused, or appellant. The deceased was an aged negro who had lived with his wife, Charity Lee, for fifty years, and at the time of his murder was living near…