Jenkins v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for assault with intent to murder, from Lowndes superior court — Judge Mitchell. September 9, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
King Jenkins was convicted of the crime of assault with intent to murder, on substantially the following evidence : On December 28, 1906, Pressley and McIntyre, two policemen of the city of Valdosta, while on duty, heard the report of firecrackers from the direction of a ne'gro barroom. They went to *147this barroom to investigate, and Pressley entered. He found the defendant in there, with several other negroes, playing pool. The officer told the negroes not to fire any more crackers, as it was against a city ordinance. The defendant replied, “The man that done that has gone out;” and the…
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