Spikes v. State

Atkinson, Justice.

Wilson Spikes and Mrs. Paul Hargraves were jointly indicted for the murder of Paul Hargraves, committed by shooting him with a shotgun. On a- separate trial Wilson Spikes was convicted, without any recommendation by the jury. The exception is to a judgment overruling the defendant’s motion for a new trial.

A witness testified to having seen several shot holes in the body of the deceased, apparently coming from different ranges, some from the front and some fr.om the side. The witness was *280then asked: “Would it have been possible for those shots to have been placed that way in…