Burns v. State

Charley Burns was indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree, charged to have been committed by killing Elijah Roberts by shooting him at his home in Newton County, Ark.

The defendant was tried before a jury, which fixed his punishment at imprisonment for life in the penitentiary, and he has duly prosecuted an appeal to this court.

The first assignment of error is that the evidence is not legally sufficient to support the verdict.

It appears from the record that Elijah Roberts was filled at his home in Newton County, Ark., on the night of September 10, 1921. According to the testimony…