Boone v. State

Will Boone was convicted of the murder of Wyley Springer, and recommended to mercy. It appeared from the evidence submitted by the State that the father of the decedent owned a farm, part of which was controlled by the decedent, with whom the defendant worked as a share cropper. The decedent had contracted with a merchant in the vicinity to make certain advances upon his credit to the defendant during the year. A day before the homicide, at the instance of the decedent the defendant carried a bale of cotton and some cottonseed to the merchant who had made to him advances during the year. The…