State v. Cox

The transcript in this case is indorsed, filed December 15, 1869. It seems to have slept until December term 1873, when it was submitted without briefs. On looking into the transcript, we find that in March, 1869, Christopher Cox and Joseph Runnels were jointly indicted, in the 'Washington circuit court, for murdering Samuel Drake. They were charged with murder in the first degree. It does not appear that Runnels was ever arrested. At the term of the circuit court at which the indictment was found, Cox seems to have been admitted to bail, by the circuit judge (Hon. E. D. Ham) in the sum of…