Jackson v. State

The prisoner was indicted for the 'murder of Martin Demoss in Lauderdale county, and was tried and convicted of murder in the second degree. His motion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled and judgment rendered, from which the prisoner has appealed to this court.

The bill of exceptions shows that the State examined three witnesses, two of whom were immediately present and witnessed the homicide; the other was sixty or seventy yards distant.

The following is a brief statement of the facts deposed to by these witnesses: The prisoner, in company with Lacy (one of the…