ALMAND, Justice.
On the indictment charging him with murder, Lem Dupree on his trial was found guilty of killing Annie Smith by shooting her with a shotgun, and was sentenced to death. His motion for a new trial was denied, and he seeks a review of that judgment.
The evidence in the record discloses that the defendant, on October 11, 1956, came to the home of Nettie Mae Walker and threatened to cut Smithy Locke, a sister of Walker, with a knife. The police...
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