Davis v. State

The indictment charged that John Davis “did . unlawfully and with malice aforethought kill and murder one Lonnie Cook by shooting him in the body with a pistol, contrary to the laws,” etc. There was but one count in the indictment. From the evidence it appears that the defendant and Lonnie Cook were employed at the Augusta Brewery. On the day of the homicide, Peter- Craig, a friend of the decedent, had some words with the defendant, in the early.part of the day. Afterwards, according to the defendant’s statement, the defendant went to a wagon yard to get a mule for the brewing company, and,…