State v. Beal

Stacy, C. J.,

after stating the case: The one overshadowing circumstance, appearing on the record, which gives decided color and tone to the State’s case, is that, when the shooting was over and the smoke of the guns had cleared away, it was discovered that three of the officers, and Roach who came with them, had been shot, one slightly hurt, two seriously injured, and the chief of police mortally wounded; while the defendants, with the -exception of Joseph Harrison, were unharmed.

The case in brief, from the State’s viewpoint, is simply this: Ader-holt, Gilbert and Roach were shot down, being…