Sullivan v. State

Wilier Sullivan, referred to herein as the defendant, has appealed to this court from a conviction for murder in the first degree, with a prison sentence of ninety-nine years.

Omitting the formal parts of the indictment, it charges that “Wilier Sullivan, heretofore, on or about the 21st day of October, 1937, in the County and State aforesaid, did unlawfully, feloniously, willfully, maliciously, deliberately, premeditatedly and of his malice aforethought assault one Hattie Sullivan with a dangerous and deadly shotgun, loaded, and did then and there shoot, wound, Kill and murder the said Hattie…