Hines v. State

SIMPSON, Justice.

The appeal is from a Conviction of murder in the second degree and the imposition of twenty-five years imprisonment in the State penitentiary., The defendant was charged with the murder of one Lesley Gee, who was last seen on the night of September 5, 1952. What were identified as his decomposed remains were found October 17, 1952, in a wooded, area at the rear of defendant’s premises about. 461 feet from the back door of his house. The skull was .in a cleared space (apparently made by vultures and hogs) some distance from the trunk, which was still in its clothing and was…