Croom v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Murder. Criminal law. Manslaughter. Charge of court. Arrest. Before Judge Bower. Worth superior court. October term, 1889. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
Croom, a negro, killed ITamlin, a white man, in August, 1889; and on the trial of an indictment therefor, he was found guilty of murder and sentenced to be executed. The evidence made in substance the following case : Some months previous to the homicide (according to a part of the evidence eleven months, according to another part of it from two to six months), Croom shot a railroad boss named Strickland (not killing him), and a warrant issued for his arrest. He *719absconded., and kept out of the way until the night of the homicide, visiting his father’s house, which…
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