Myers v. State

The undisputed facts as shown by the testimony contained in record in this case disclosed that the defendant hilled Ike Jones, the deceased named in the indictment, by shooting him with a pistol, and that the killing occurred in the home of a Mrs, S. E. Stanley, who at the time lived about a mile or mile and a half east of East Lake, in Jefferson county, Ala. Aside from the principals (Jones, deceased, and Myers, defendant), there was no one present to witness the killing except Jim Jones, an uncle of deceased, and who- was the principal state witness, and the said Mrs. Stanley. Other…