State v. Baker

BRannon., Judge :

Van B. Baker was indicted in June, 1887, in the Circuit Court of Hancock county, for the murder of Mrs. Drusilla McWha. He demui’red to the indictment, and his demurrer was overruled. He tendered a plea in abatement, which was rejected by the court. He then pleaded not guilty. After a trial in Hancock, and a new trial granted, the case was removed to Brooke county. When his trial came on there he objected to certain jurors for ineompeteney, whom the court accepted as competent. His trial resulted in a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, and finding that he be…