Barnes v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Ealligant. Chatham superior court. May 8, 1901. Sylmon Barnes, alias Sam Simmons, was charged with the murder of John Wallander, was found guilty, and excepted to the refusal of a new trial. The evidence for the.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Ealligant. Chatham superior court. May 8, 1901. Sylmon Barnes, alias Sam Simmons, was charged with the murder of John Wallander, was found guilty, and excepted to the refusal of a new trial. The evidence for the. State tended to prove, among other things, that the accused accosted Wallander and Lowell, sailors, on a street in Savannah, in the part of that city known as Tamacraw, after midnight of á Saturday, and proposed ■to show.them “something good,” if they would pay him twenty-five cents. The offer was accepted and the money paid him, and lie escorted…
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
We have carefully gone over the grounds of the motion for a new trial in this case, and the brief of evidence contained in the record; and a majority of the court are of the opinion that the trial judge committed no error in overruling the motion for a new trial. I dissent from the conclusion reached by my brethren, and am of opinion that the verdict should be set aside and a. new trial granted, solely because of an error committed by the trial *719judge in his charge to the jury. In the 12th ground of the motion for a new trial it is averred that the court erred in charging the jury as follows:…
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