Houlton v. State

STAKELY, Justice.

To the Honorable, the Court of Appeals of Alabama

Judicial Building

Montgomery, Alabama

Dear Sirs:

The Court of Appeals under the provisions of § 88, Title 13, Code of 1940 has certified for our answer the following:

“The appellant was indicted under the following indictment:

“ ‘The Grand Jury of said County charge, that before the finding of this indictment — William J. Houlton, unlawfully and with malice aforethought, killed Kerry Wayne Ingram, by administering to said Kerry Wayne Ingram, arsenic poison, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.’

“He was convicted of…