State v. Privett

The appellant was convicted of first degree murder in the Circuit Court of Pemiscot County and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary for killing N. C. Teroy by beating him on the head with a wooden club. The principal assignments of error in his brief complain that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict; and of the erroneous exclusion of testimony. As the judgment must be reversed and the cause remanded for the latter reason, only such other assignments will be discussed as probably would recur on a new trial.

The alleged homicide occurred on the night of May 22,…