Williams v. State

BROWN, Justice.

The appellant was indicted by. a grand jury in the Circuit Court of Shelby County, Alabama, for múrder in the first degree. The indictment charged “that before the finding of this indictment Howard Leon Williams, alias H. L. Williams, whose true name is to the grand jury unknown otherwise than as stated, unlawfully, and with malice aforethought, killed Ethridge Garrison Richards, alias Ethridge Richards, whose true name is to the grand jury unknown otherwise than as stated, by shooting him with a shot gun, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.” On his…