McGuire v. State

The appellant was tried in the Pulaski County Circuit Court on a charge of murder in .the first degree for the killing of W. G. Carter. The trial resulted in a verdict of guilty as charged, whereupon the court sentenced him to be electrocuted.

On appeal it is not contended that the evidence adduced was insufficient to justify the verdict. The evidence introduced on the part of the appellee is to the following effect: W. G. Carter and G. G. Barham were operating a filling station in Little Rock. At about 7:00 o ’clock on the evening qf January 8,1934, appellant, Bill McGuire, came into the…