Waller v. State

Ora Whittle, George Waller, Charlie Huggins, and Claude Martin were jointly indicted for the murder of Homer McElreath by “beating and killing the said Homer McElreath with a piece of iron and with some blunt instrument, the exact character of which is unknown to the grand jury.” George Waller was separately put on trial, and the State relied on circumstantial evidence and certain .admissions or incriminatory statements of the defendant for conviction. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to the mercy of the court, and he was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. He…