Benton v. State

Russell, Chief Justice.

Ralph Benton was indicted for the murder of John Jinks. Upon his trial he was found guilty, without . a recommendation. The evidence for the State was to the effect that the defendant and the deceased were both inmates of the chain-gang of Pulton County; that a group of prisoners, including the defendant and the deceased, were engaged in a game of “craps” played with dice; that defendant and deceased had some words concerning the playing of the game, and defendant tried to get deceased to desist from playing, as he wanted to see *255him apart from the others, but deceased…