Robinson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Worrill. Early superior •court. February 22, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, P. J.
The accused was tried for the offense of murder and ■convicted. He excepts to the judgment overruling his motion for .a new trial.
1. Error is assigned upon the refusal of the judge to admit the testimony of a witness who was sworn and examined at the committing trial; such testimony being offered on the ground that the witness was inaccessible. The code declares: “The testimony of .a witness, since deceased, or disqualified, or inaccessible for any •cause; given under oath on a former trial, upon substantially the .same issue and between substantially the same parties, may be proved by any…
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