Dennis v. State

Clarence Dennis was convicted of the murder of his father, and sentenced to be hanged. The testimony offered by the State tended to show that the decedent was an old negro who lived with his wife. Their son, the defendant, lived near by. On the night of the homicide the decedent called to his wife, who was at the house of the defendant, to find out what had become *192of his whisky. His wife and s.on came to. the house of the decedent, who accused both with having moved his whisky. The son went off, presently returned with a gun, and, as he entered the house, declared his intention to kill his…