Hill v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Jury. Practice in the Superior Court. Charge of Court. Constitutional law. Husband and wife. Insanity. New trial. Before Judge Hillyek. Fulton Superior Court. March Term, 1879. To the report contained in the decision it is only necessary to add the following : Samuel H. Hill was tried for the murder of John R. Simmons.
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Criminal law. Jury. Practice in the Superior Court. Charge of Court. Constitutional law. Husband and wife. Insanity. New trial. Before Judge Hillyek. Fulton Superior Court. March Term, 1879. To the report contained in the decision it is only necessary to add the following : Samuel H. Hill was tried for the murder of John R. Simmons. The evidence showed that Simmons was shaved in the barber-shop of the National Hotel, in Atlanta, and from there passed into the adjoining bar-room; that he took a drink of liquor, and while paying for it Hill came up with a pistol, and with an oath which caused…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Justice.
The defendant was indicted for the murder of John R. Simmons in the city of Atlanta on the 29th day of January, 1879 ; he was found guilty, and made a motion for a new trial; the presiding judge overruled the motion on all the grounds therein stated, and error is assigned in this court on each of these grounds.
The question before us is, did the presiding judge so err on- any of these grounds as to authorize this court to set aside the verdict of the jury and ordéra new trial, notwithstanding the approval by the judge who tried the case of the verdict rendered by the jury ?…
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