Rogers v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Cann. Chatham superior court. January 12,' 1907. Eogers was indicted for the murder of his wife. The evidence for the State showed, that she entered the store of one Andeppa to purchase some fish, and, while she was waiting for her purchase, the defendant entered the store and immediately began firing at her, two shots taking effect, one. in the breast and one in the back. She fell on the floor and expired.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Cann. Chatham superior court. January 12,' 1907. Eogers was indicted for the murder of his wife. The evidence for the State showed, that she entered the store of one Andeppa to purchase some fish, and, while she was waiting for her purchase, the defendant entered the store and immediately began firing at her, two shots taking effect, one. in the breast and one in the back. She fell on the floor and expired. Thereupon the defendant shot himself, inflicting a flesh wound in the arm and breast. In his .statement to the jury he said: “The woman [deceased]…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. Upon the trial of this case the defendant’s counsel sought to-introduce evidence to the effect that the defendant, from the time of his childhood, had been of feeble intellect and weak intelligence; his counsel stating to the court, however, that it was not contended, upon the part of the defense that the defendant was either an idiot or an insane person, or that he labored, at the time of the homicide, under any form of delusional insanity. Upon motion' ofcounsel for the State, the court repelled the testimony; and properly so, we think. The court could…
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