Willette v. State

The appellant, Charles J. Willette, was indicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Jones County, Mississippi, for the murder of Lee Smith. He ivas found guilty as charged and was sentenced to life imprisonment, from which judgment he appeals.

The record discloses that the appellant and the deceased Avere residents of Covington County, Mississippi; that they had a business transaction involving a timber deal in Jones County. The deceased owed the appellant $50^)0 which he had promised to pay Saturday, December 6, 1952. On that day, the deceased left a check in the amount of…