Flemister v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Evidence. Demurrer. Practice. "Witness. Charge of court. Before Judge Richard H. Clark. Eulton superior court. March- term, 1888. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Elemister was indicted by the grand jury of Eulton county for the offence of perjury. On the trial of the case, he was found guilty. He made a motion for a new trial, on the several grounds therein, which motion was overruled by the court; whereupon he excepted.
1. The main ground insisted upon before us by counsel for the plaintiff in error was, that the verdict was contrary to the evidence. He insisted that there was not sufficient corroboration of the testimony of Mrs. Martin, the prosecutrix, to authorize the jury to convict. We have carefully read the testimony sent up in…
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