Wynne v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Charge of court-. Evidence. Before Judge . Pottle. Hancock Superior Court. October Adjourned Term, 1875. Reported in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Judge.
The defendant was indicted for murder in the county of Hancock. A colored man himself, he was charged with the murder of another man of color by the name of John Bruce. The homicide was perpetrated with a long pocket-knife. The fatal stab severed two of his ribs, cut his lungs in two, and entered his heart, causing death in from two to five minutes. The defendant was found guilty, and moved the court for a new trial on the grounds disclosed in the .record; the court overruled the motion on all the grounds, and error is assigned here on each of them.
1. The first ground is that…
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