Franks v. State

Defendant, Jay Franks, was convicted of first-degree murder of Hughes Lynch and his punishment fixed at 99 years’ confinement in the State prison. He has appealed and assigned errors.

Deceased, Hughes Lynch, was beaten to death at his home about eleven o’clock on Saturday night, September 6, 1947. The killing took place on State Road 114, about five miles southeast of Clifton, in Wayne County. Deceased was a soldier in the United States *176Army and was home on terminal leave. Defendant was a married man and lived in the vicinity of the home of deceased. During the absence of deceased from his…