Lyens v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Parker. Wayne superior court. August 27, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
The defendants were indicted for the murder of Fleming Smith, and upon their trial the jury rendered a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. To the order of the court refusing a new trial they excepted. Fleming Smith, the deceased, was a clerk in the drug-store of the Jesup Drug Company, and it was in this store that the shooting occurred, on the night of December 12, 1908, which resulted in his death. A witness for the State, J. J. Hill, testified that on the morning of the day on which the killing occurred, W. B. Lyens, one of the defendants, stated to him: “I cursed him…
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