Anderson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Murder. Insanity. Jurors. Before Judge Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. May Adjourned Term, 1870. At November Term, 1868, of said Court, said Anderson was indicted for the murder of his wife, in said county, on the 13th of August, 1868. At said term, he pleaded that, at the time of the alleged commission of said act, charged in the indictment, he was insane; that he is subject to fits of insanity, and if such act was committed by him, it was committed when he was in a…
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Murder. Insanity. Jurors. Before Judge Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. May Adjourned Term, 1870. At November Term, 1868, of said Court, said Anderson was indicted for the murder of his wife, in said county, on the 13th of August, 1868. At said term, he pleaded that, at the time of the alleged commission of said act, charged in the indictment, he was insane; that he is subject to fits of insanity, and if such act was committed by him, it was committed when he was in a condition of lunacy. Issue was joined on this plea, and tried by a special jury, who found that, when said act was committed,…
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, J.
After a careful review *of the evidence contained in the record of this case, as well as the several grounds of error alleged therein to the rulings of the Court on the trial thereof, we are unable to bring our minds to the conclusion that there *35is any sufficient error, which under the law, would authorize this Court to reverse the judgment of the Court below in refusing to grant a new trial.
Let the judgment of the Court below be affirmed.
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