Hale v. State

Conviction for murder; punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

The facts in this case, from the state’s standpoint, show that appellant and a negro forced the deceased, also a negro, into a ear in the town of Paducah, took him to a point not far from the home of Mr‘. Brigham, about a mile from the courthouse, in the nighttime about 9 or 10 o’clock, shoved him from the car, and both shot him, appellant shooting him in the arm and the negro shooting him in the body. Mr. Brigham was aroused by the cries of deceased, went out to where he found him wallowing on the ground, groaning and crying,…