Norton v. State

W. B. Norton was indicted for the murder of B. V. Smith. There was evidence tending to show the following among other facts: On November 10, 1910, the sheriff of Bibb county received a telephone message from a man who lived in the country, stating that some negroes had shot at his child or children, and requesting that officers be sent to arrest them. The person making the request also provided an automobile in order to overtake the negroes, who were in a wagon. Norton was a deputy sheriff. He was high tempered. On that day he had been drinking, and was under the influence of liquor. One…