Upton v. State

Appellant was indicted and convicted in the circuit court of Tunica county of the crime of the murder of George F. Andrews, and sentenced to he hanged. From that judgment he prosecutes this appeal. No good purpose will be answered in setting out in this opinion the evidence of appellant’s guilt.

The only assignment of error worthy of discussion is the giving of the only instruction given for the state, which follows:

“The court instructs the jury for the state that, if the jury believe from the evidence in this ease beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant, Willie Upton, deliberately…