Sanders v. State

The appeal here is from a conviction on the charge of murder, and for which crime the appellant was sentenced to suffer the death penalty. The homicide occurred in the upper compartment of the county jail about one week prior to the convening of the grand jury which returned the indictment herein. The victim, who was the only fellow prisoner of the accused, was beaten to death with an iron bar which had been used as a lever to throw the locks and bar the doors of the jail cells. But we deem it unnecessary to make a full statement of all the facts in connection with the killing, for the reason…