Cobb v. State

The defendant was indicted for the murder of Sterling W. Brown. The pleas were not guilty, and not guilty by reason of insanity. There was evidence tending to prove facts, to be considered by the jury, on the question of defendant’s sanity at the time of the fatal shooting, from which they might infer that defendant was insane at the time he fired the fatal shot. Assuming that there was no direct evidence as to defendant’s insanity, there was evidence of the attempted rape of defendant’s wife by deceased; defendant’s acts and doings immediately after being informed of the outrage; his own…