Herndon v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Reese. Wilkes superior court. May term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
Upon an indictment for murder, Herndon was tried and convicted. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he excepted.
1. One of the grounds relied upon by counsel for the plaintiff in error was, that the court refused to allow a medical ex- ' pert, who had been introduced by the accused and who was ' upon the stand testifying as a witness, to examine an indentation or depression in the skull of the accused, and then testify as to the effect it would produce upon his mind; the accused *179having, in his statement to the jury, stated that the depression had been made in> his early youth by a…
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