PER CURIAM.
The indictment charged Ballew with murder in the first degree. He interposed a plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. Conviction was for murder in the second degree with sentence to life in the penitentiary.
Several state witnesses testified to hearing gunshots, seeing defendant with a rifle, and finding Mr. James R. Crofton lying on a bench, apparently shot in the abdomen.
It is stipulated in the record Mr. Crofton died...
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