State v. Murff

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Defendants, Jacob D. Murff, Joseph J1 Anders, Jr., Marshall K. Bruce, and J. C. Deason, Sr., were convicted by a jury of attempted aggravated criminal damage to property, and were sentenced by the court to 18 months at hard labor in the state penitentiary. From these convictions and sentences they have appealed.

For a proper understanding of the various bills of exception taken in this matter, it is necessary that we give a short resumé of the facts as gathered by us from the trial judge’s per curiams, certain other portions of the record itself, and briefs filed by counsel.…