Collins v. State

* Corpus Juris-Cyc. References: Criminal Law, 16CJ, p. 571, n. 97, 11; 17CJ, p. 334, n. 4, 6; p. 372, n. 81. Appellant was indicted and convicted in the circuit court of Madison county of the murder of Will Foster and sentenced to be hanged. From that judgment, appellant prosecutes this appeal.

There was no eyewitness to the homicide, which occurred within the corporate limits of the city of Canton. C.S. Martz, marshal of the city of Canton, testified, as a witness for the state, that shortly after the homicide appellant stated to him that he (appellant) killed the deceased. On the trial…