Baker v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Wright. Eloyd superior court. May 14, 1914. Clint Baker was indicted for the murder of Ernest Richard Lamb, alias Ernest Richard. The evidence on behalf of the State tended to show a case of murder by shooting.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Wright. Eloyd superior court. May 14, 1914. Clint Baker was indicted for the murder of Ernest Richard Lamb, alias Ernest Richard. The evidence on behalf of the State tended to show a case of murder by shooting. That on behalf of the defense tended to show the following, among other facts: Several nights before the homicide the deceased, the accused, and two others had a fight, in the course of which the accused was cut in the head and his clothing was cut in several places. Lamb, the deceased, had a bad character for violence. A few days before the homicide…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The controlling question in this ease arose on the rejection of certain evidence. The evidence for the State tended to show a case of murder. That on behalf of the accused tended to show that he shot the deceased in defense of his life or of his person against one who was seeking by violence to commit a felony on him, or at least that he acted under the fears of a reasonable man that such was the case. It pointed to the deceased as the aggressor. It further tended to show a previous difficulty between the parties, several nights before the homicide, in…
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