Watson v. State

C. J. Watson was indicted in the Crawford Circuit Court for the crime of murder in the first degree in the killing of one Jim Jackson. He was also indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree in the killing of one Henry Hamm. There was a change of venue to the Ozark District of Franklin County, where Watson was tried for killing Jim Jackson. He was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced by judgment of the court to imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a period of twenty-one years, from which judgment is this appeal.

1. On the 26th day of November, 1927, appellant…