Buckler v. State

In the circuit court of Washington county, the appellant, Oliver Buckler, was convicted of murder and sentenced to be hanged, and from this conviction and sentence this appeal was prosecuted.

The testimony show that Martin Robinson, a tenant on a plantation near Greenville, lived alone in a cabin on the place. On Thursday, July 30, 1933, one of the tenants who was ploughing near this cabin detected a foul odor emanating therefrom and reported this fact to others. An investigation was then made by two' of the neighbors and the body of Robinson was found on his bed, partly covered with a sheet,…