Wright v. State

Atkinson, >J.

The first count in the indictment charged Tom Wright “with the offense of murder,” for that he, “with force and arms, did unlawfully, wrongfully, and with malice aforethought, kill and murder” Algernon Baker Jr., “by then and there running a certain Ford touring-car automobile then and there driven and operated by him,” the defendant, “against and onto the said” Baker, “and thereby inflicting upon the said” Baker “a mortal wound, from which said wound the said” Baker “then and there died; contrary to the laws of the State, the good order, peace, and dignity thereof.” There was a…