Baker v. State

— The appellant, with two others, was charged by indictment with murder in the first degree. When arraigned he pleaded not guilty, and also filed a special plea in writing that he was a person of unsound mind at the time of the commission of the offense alleged in the indictment. To this special plea the appellee filed a reply in general denial. The appellant was tried separately and a verdict returned by the jury finding him guilty of murder in the first degree and fixing his punishment at death. Judgment was -rendered on the verdict, and from such judgment appellant appeals. The questions…