State v. Pritchett

— By an information filed in the Circuit Court of Franklin County, the defendant was charged with murder in the first degree. The jury found him guilty “as charged,” and assessed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. He was sentenced in accordance- with the verdict, and, in due course, appealed.

The following statement of the evidence adduced by the State (allowing for some alterations) is taken from the Attorney-General's brief:

“Eugene Frossard, the victim of the alleged murder, was seventy-one years of age, and lived alone on a farm, near the town of St. Clair, in…