Lewis v. State

Defendants, appellants, were convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to imprisonment for life. The theory of the state was that deceased, Christopher C. Coffee, of Mobile, having left his companions at a hunting camp and walking alone through' the woods, was, to state the matter very briefly, by Percy Lang, since deceased, and these defendants killed, robbed, and his body burned. There was evidence going to show that persons afterwards engaged in hunting for Coffee, and ignorant of his fate, were directed by a witness, who had seen a part of the transaction which resulted in…