Jordan v. State

Ed Jordan, the plaintiff in error, was indicted at the January term, 1910, of the criminal court of Davidson county for murder in the first degree, committed upon the body of Ed Thomasson. He was arraigned on April 2, 1910, and through his attorneys filed a plea of present insanity, averring “that the said defendant is at present insane and incapable of rendering his attorneys such assistance as a proper defense to an indictment for murder in the first degree demands,” and issue thereon was joined by the State.

There' was a trial upon this issue November 17, 1910, resulting in a verdict…