Archer v. State

The appellant was jointly indicted with eight others for the murder of Samuel A. Bunch. The State elected to try the appellant separately, and the trial resulted in a judgment declaring him guilty of murder in the first degree and adjudging that he suffer the penalty of death. The indictment was returned by the grand jury of Martin county, the trial was had in that county, and judgment was there pronounced.

The facts as we gather them froin the evidence are these : Martin Archer, a kinsman of the appellant and of five of the persons indicted with him, was killed, as they believed, by .Samuel…