Cole v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Seminole county of the crime of murder, and his punishment fixed by the jury at death.

The state charged that on the 24th day of March, 1930, the defendant and ohe Prank Hunt murdered Ernest Irby. A severance was taken, and Cole was tried first. Hunt afterward pleaded guilty, and his punishment was fixed at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for the term of his natural life. In the trial of the case at bar, Hunt turned, state’s evidence and told a complete story of the cause, the motive, the steps…