Beard v. State

On trial under indictment charging murder in the first degree, accused was convicted of manslaughter and brings the judgment here for review on writ of error.

Four questions are presented for our consideration, as follows:

“Is an indictment charging the defendant on trial for homicide with armed robbery of one Dick Johnson admissible in evidence on such trial for homicide as tending to establish motive for the killing of one R. E. Wright, whose name appears as a witness upon the back of said indictment, and who the State attempted to show was the principal investigating officer surrounding the…