Cobb v. State

Grice, Justice.

This appeal is by Preston Cobb, Jr., from his conviction for the June 1, 1961, murder of Frank Coleman Dumas. Appellant complains of the overruling of his challenges to the arrays of the grand and traverse juries'put upon him, the overruling of his special demurrer to the indictment, and the denial of his motion for new trial.

He was first indicted in 1961 by the grand jury of Jasper County for the slaying of Dumas, an elderly white man, was tried in the superior court of that county, found guilty and sentenced to death. In his motion for new trial he complained for the first…