133 Ga. 601 | Ga. | 1909
John Suple was tried and convicted, at the February term, 1909, of Jeff Davis superior court, of the murder of Simon Lee, and was sentenced to be hanged. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he excepted. It appears from the evidence, that at the time of the shooting the deceased had gone to the house of one of the witnesses, and was followed by the defendant; that there they had some words, when the deceased was struck in the face by the defendant with a pistol; that the deceased then sat on the edge of a bed, with his hands over his face; that in this position he was shot by the defendant; that the shooting was preceded by threats; and but for the importunities of others the defendant would have again shot the deceased while lying prostrate upon the floor. The defendant, in his statement, claimed that he had been
Judgment affirmed.