State v. Pittman

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Acting Associate Justice Marion.

The defendants, Alex Pittman and his son, Holland Pittman, were jointly indicted and tried for and convicted of the murder of J. H. Howard before Hon. T. J. Mauldin, Circuit Judge, and a jury. The execution of the sentence of death was stayed by notice of intention to appeal to this Court. Subsequently, a motion for a new trial on after-discovered evidence was made in the Circuit Court before Hon. H. F. Rice, and the motion refused. This appeal is from the judgment on sentence by Judge T. J. Mauldin and-from the…