Ross v. State

The appellant was indicted and convicted in the circuit court of Washington county of the murder of Rosie Lee Dixon, and sentenced to he hanged. From that judgment the appellant prosecutes an appeal here.

The errors assigned and argued by appellant are resolvable into two grounds: (1) That he was indicted for the murder of Rosie Lee Dixon, when the evidence showed, without conflict, that he shot with intent to kill Charlie Cooper and not Rosie Lee Dixon, and that therefore the court should have directed a verdict of not guilty; and (2) that the judgment of the court should he reversed and a…