Hunter v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Hill. Fulton superior court. November’ 10, 1917.
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.
H. J. Hunter was convicted of the murder of M. B. Young, and recommended to mercy. The State introduced testimony tending to show that on Saturday morning, March .31, 1917, Young came into Atlanta on an Edgewood avenue streetcar. The car stopped at Fort street about 7:35 a..m., and in going out of the car Young had an altercation with a young negro man who appeared to block the way out. After getting off the car Young stepped to the edge of the sidewalk, and was in the act of lighting a cigar when suddenly he was hit on the head with what the evidence describes as a “rock,” a “brick,” or a…
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