Lumpkin v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Summerall. Berrien superior court. January 5, 1921.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. On the trial of a defendant indicted for murder by shooting the victim with “ a shotgun,” producing wounds which caused the death of the person alleged to have been slain, a witness testified, that he was seated on one end of a swing suspended in the front porch of his residence, in the evening after dark, and the person alleged to have been slain (wife of the defendant) came up and took a seat at the other end of the swing. In a few minutes witness saw defendant approaching. After approaching closely from behind the swing, defendant put “ the gun about two and a half feet of ” deceased…
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