Brown v. State

George Bose Smith;, J.

The appellant, Millard F. Brown, was convicted below of first degree murder as a result of his having shot his next-door neighbor, Leo Williams. The verdict and judgment imposed the penalty of life imprisonment.

On the day of the shooting the two men had quarreled about a debt owed by Williams to Brown. During the afternoon Williams entered Brown’s house with a pistol, but he soon went back home. The police were called, hut Brown refused to swear out a warrant, though he said he would kill Williams if he came back.

After the police had gone Brown seated himself with an…