Long v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Murder. Motion for new trial. Decided by Judge Parrott. Bartow Superior Court. September Term, 1868. John Long, as principal, and John C. Duff, as accessory, were indicted for murdering Abraham B. Echols, in Gordon county, Georgia, on the 16th of October, 1866. The bill of indictment was silent as to where they resided. Because a jury could not be had in Gordon county, in April, 1868, the Judge, on motion of prisoner, ordered that said case should be tried in Bartow county.
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Murder. Motion for new trial. Decided by Judge Parrott. Bartow Superior Court. September Term, 1868. John Long, as principal, and John C. Duff, as accessory, were indicted for murdering Abraham B. Echols, in Gordon county, Georgia, on the 16th of October, 1866. The bill of indictment was silent as to where they resided. Because a jury could not be had in Gordon county, in April, 1868, the Judge, on motion of prisoner, ordered that said case should be tried in Bartow county. On the 21st of September, 1868, the case was called, and the defendant’s attorneys stated that they intended pleading…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCay, J.
This killing took place in April, 1866, in Gordon county. The venue was regularly changed at April Term, 1868, by order of the Court, on motion of defendant.
"When the case was called at the place of the new venue, at November Term, 1868, the defendant moved to continue, on his own affidavit, that he only knew, a few days before, that the venue had been changed; that the attorney on whom he relied was not present, and he supposed he did not know of the change of venue; that there were various witnesses absent, who were present at the killing, by whom he could prove that, at the time of the…
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