Dill v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Kimsey. Habersham superior court. September term, 1898. Pink Dill was charged with the murder of William Manus, and was found guilty of voluntary‘manslaughter. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he excepted. The opinion states the other material facts.
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
1. One of the grounds of the motion for new trial is, that during the progress of the trial the solicitor-general, in conclusion, read to the jury section 72 of the Penal Code, and insisted that it was the law of the case. This was objected to by defendant’s counsel. The court ruled,.in the presence and hearing of the jury, that'the provisions of the section were not applicable, but did not prevent the solicitor-general from continuing his argument on the same line. We fail to see what application this section of the code had in the solution of the question as to the guilt of the plaintiff in…
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