Bright v. State

Defendants Charles Bright and Silas Walker appeal 'from conviction of murder in the first degree and sentence to imprisonment for 99 years in the penitentiary.

Except for the testimony of one eyewitness, the State’s case is based on circumstantial evidence, and the defense is an alibi.

Ralph Mason, who was murdered, operated a small store on the Ball Play Road some 7 miles east of Madison-ville, in Monroe County. A few minutes after 6 p. m., July 1, 1949, Mason drove his car to.the home of a neighbor, Erskin Hensley, and there collapsed. He was in a semiconscious condition and unable to give…