Largin v. State

The defendant and his father were separately indicted on a charge of murder in the first degree for the killing of Edward Elliott. The trials were had separately, but the facts as testified to by the state’s witness were essentially the same, disclosing a joint offense. The contention of the defendant and his evidence tended to prove that he was not present at the fatal difficulty and had no hand in the killing.

Upon the trial one Ed Pearson, a cousin of defendant, was examined as a defendant’s witness. Subsequently defendant examined as a witness in his behalf J. C. Stevens. After Stevens had…