R. L. Stinson

ELLIS, J. -- The plaintiff in error, Stinson, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was convicted in the Circuit Court for Columbia County of the crime of murder in the second degree upon an indictment charging him with the murder of James Prevatt on May 19, 1917. The indictment was filed on April 23, 1918, the defendant pleaded not guilty three days later and the trial was begun on the first day of May following.