Baker v. State

Talmage Baker was indicted, tried, and convicted of murder in the first degree. His punishment was fixed by the jury at death. He is charged with killing Charley Cox, a merchant who operated a store in a 'thickly settled neighborhood, and on a car line near Gadsden, Etowah county. The defendant, who resided near by, entered the store about 9 o’clock on Christmas Eve, 1921, wearing a slicker, with a black stocking pulled over his head, goggles over his. eyes, gloves on. his hands, and a .32 automatic pistol in his hand. Cox was in a chair near the heater at the back of the store. Police…