Findley v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Lewis. Greene superior court. March 7, 1906. Findley was indicted for the offense of murder, alleged to have been committed upon James Bradshaw with a pistol. The evidence showed, in brief, as follows: The accused went to a house on the place of the deceased and caught his (the defendant’s) son, a boy about fifteen years old, who was there, by the collar and told him to come on home, and asked him why he hadn’t been- home.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Lewis. Greene superior court. March 7, 1906. Findley was indicted for the offense of murder, alleged to have been committed upon James Bradshaw with a pistol. The evidence showed, in brief, as follows: The accused went to a house on the place of the deceased and caught his (the defendant’s) son, a boy about fifteen years old, who was there, by the collar and told him to come on home, and asked him why he hadn’t been- home. The deceased told the accused that he had hired the boy and he did not “reckon” the latter would go unless the accused got him by law.…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the facts.)
1. The evidence made a. sufficient prima facie case to carry the dying declarations to the jury. When this is done, they may be admitted and the jury left to determine whether in fact the person making them was in articulo mortis and realized that death/ was impending. Anderson v. State, 122 Ga. 161. Whether any part of the declarations was objectionable on other grounds or not, they were not subject to the objections made.
2. The charge of the court complained of was quite as favorable to the accused as he could have expected. It stated to the jury, *583as to testimony…
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