State v. . Plyler

Indictment charging Charles B. Plyler, George Mayhew and John McManus with the murder of Carter Parks.

The defendant McManus was acquitted. The court below has now under advisement a motion to set aside the verdict as to defendant Mayhew as being against the weight of the evidence.

The defendant Plyler was convicted and sentenced to death. From the judgment of the court he appeals.

The facts are fully stated in the opinion of Justice Brown. 1. The prisoner excepted to the refusal of the court (632) below to remove the cause for trial to some adjoining county.

As admitted in the brief of the…