Williams v. State

Mu. Justice Peewitt

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree with punishment fixed at death by electrocution.

The defendant shot and killed another Negro, Horace Wilson, on the night of November 11, 1949. The deceased’s death resulted by being shot in the back by the defendant with a .410 gauge shotgun. There is little controversy as to the facts.

On the evening of the shooting, the defendant and the deceased were engaged in a crap game. A controversy arose as to whether a dollar involved in a throw of the dice belonged to the defendant…