Butler v. State

Cliff Butler was indicted for the murder of Clarence Nelms, by running over him with an automobile. The defendant was tried, convicted with a recommendation to mercy, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. His motion for new trial was'overruled, and he excepted.

The testimony of Boy Brannan, a witness for the State, was to the effect that he saw the defendant, driving at a high rate of speed, drive his automobile off of the pavement near Griffin in Spalding County, and hit the negro boy Clarence Nelms, who was riding a bicycle along the shoulder of the road and off of the…