Bowles v. State

Appeal from City Court of Mobile. Tried before Hon. O. J. Semmes. Tbe appellant, Bowles, was convicted of tbe murder of Albert Smith, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. Tbe evidence shows tbat Bowles lived some seven miles from tbe city of Mobile, and on the morning of tbe shooting, tbe deceased and one or two other persons passed by the bouse in which appellant, Bowles, lived, on their way to Mobile, as one of these persons bad promised to call Bowles as they went by. On tbe return of tbe party from Mobile, as they got near tbe bouse, tbe deceased being in tbe road,…