State v. Bartlett

William Roddie Bartlett, defendant-appellant, was convicted of second degree murder and appealed from the judgment and sentence fixing his punishment at ten years imprisonment. His defense was self-defense. For reasons we hereinafter state, the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

Defendant and the deceased, Ben Hall, had each married sisters. From the father of their wives they had obtained their respective and adjoining Harrison County farms near Bethany. At the time of the killing the deceased, Hall, • lived alone on his farm. The defendant had rented his farm to one O. B. Hammonds,…