Parker v. State

Smith, O. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellants, Elijah Parker, Walter James Lewis and George Lewis, were jointly indicted in Madison County for the murder of T. H. Gober. The venue was changed to Hinds County, where they were jointly tried and convicted, Parker being sentenced to death, and the two Lewises to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. All of them appealed, but Walter James Lewis died after the appeal was taken.

When the crime was committed, and when the case was tried in the court below, the two Lewises were both under 18 years of age, George being 16 years…