Clifton v. State

Reid, Chief Justice.

The defendant was indicted for the murder of his father. It appears that the deceased, several days before the homicide, rented a filling-station and certain tourist cabins known as “The Pines Camp,” which was located in Liberty County, about one mile and a half from Hinesville, Georgia, on State Highway No. 38. The deceased and the defendant operated the station, and lived together on the premises. On. Friday night, July 9, about 11:15 o’clock, the deceased was found dead, lying face downward on the floor of a cabin back of the filling-station, with a bullet-hole in the…