State v. Banks

Woods, Judge:

Charles Banks was indicted for the murder of Price Per-' due. On August 28, 1923, he was tried, convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a period of five years. He comes here on writ of error.

The homicide was committed on Sunday afternoon, July 22, 1923, in a boarding house kept by Madam White and George Banks at Peach Creek in Logan County. Charles Banks, hereafter referred to as the defendant, came over to visit his father, George Banks, on Sunday morning. Later in the morning, Sallie Perdue, who had had some trouble with…