Pinson v. State

GrieeiN Smith, Chief Justice.

The information charges Pinson with having killed Charles Shelton and that the act was-such as to constitute murder in the first degree. Appeal is from judgment on a verdict finding the defendant guilty and fising his punishment at imprisonment for life.

Shelton was shot October 18, 1945, and died the following day. Chapman-Dewey Lumber Company owns Hatchiecoon Island and rents lands to various tenants. A large part of the area is timbered, and about 150 acres have been cleared. Pinson occupied one of the tenant houses and cultivated 46 acres. Shelton share-cropped…