Jefferson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Gilbert. Muscogee superior court. July 24, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
James Jefferson was indicted for the crime of murder. The person alleged to have been killed was Marion Mar-chant, a policeman in the city of Columbus. The implement employed by Jefferson in committing the homicide was a pistol. Immediately before the killing, Jefferson was seen standing in the front door of Thompson’s near-beer saloon, fronting on Sixth avenue, talking to Marchant, who was standing out o*n the sidewalk facing him. No other witness testified to having heard the conversation, but Jefferson was seen suddenly to commence firing his pistol while standing in the door and to fire…
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