Green v. State

At a former day of the present term this Court affirmed the judgment of the Cir*635cuit Court in this case, and pronounced the sentence of death upon John W. Green for the murder of Ova Davis.

The Court and jury were of opinion that he was sane when he committed the act, was guilty of murder in the first degree, and should suffer the extreme penalty of the law for his crime, notwithstanding the defense of insanity and the effort to show that, at the time of the homicide, he was demented, and therefore beyond the domain of legal accountability. After a most solicitous and painstaking investigation…