Jones v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

On October 5, 1910, the appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Lamar County for -the murder on July

6, 1910, of the infant child, without a name, of Willie Wilbur. He was convicted of murder in the second degree and given the lowest penalty, five years.

The indictment is in two counts, though they are not given a separate number nor are they in separate paragraphs. After the formal part, the indictment alleges that W. A. Jones, alias G. D. Wilkins, on or about July 6, 1910, in Lamar County, did then and there unlawfully and with his express malice aforethought, bill and…