Smith v. State

McGeh.ee, O. J.

The defendant was convicted under an indictment charging him with the murder of one Wardine Pope, a fifteen year old girl, who received a bullet wound as an innocent bystander wben tbe defendant fired bis pistol. Tbe proof on bebalf of the State disclosed that tbe shooting occurred late at night in a room or cafe wben more than twenty persons were present; that there bad been no quarrel or controversy so far as any of tbe witnesses knew between tbe defendant and tbe deceased, or between tbe defendant and a stranger known as Pete who jumped out of tbe way and got behind another…