Legal Opinion

Marshall v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 15, 1877PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Criminal law. Drunkenness. Insanity. Before Judge Kiodoo. Randolph Superior Court. May Term, 1877. Reported in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Bleckley, Judge.

The evidence indicates that the prisoner and the deceased were strangers. So far as appears, they met but the one time. This was in a bar-rooin, at about eleven o’clock at night. Deceased was seated with another person. Prisoner walked in, and got a basket. Deceased asked him if he had eggs in the basket. Prisoner answered no, but that he had had eggs in it. Deceased said, “ Why did you not bring them to me ? I would have given as much for them as anybody else, or more.” Prisoner answered, “I don’t know you,” and added, “One damned fool ought to have known another.” Deceased…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1860
  2. Estes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1875

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Gaynok v. Travelers InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1913
  2. Myrick v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
  3. Transamerica Insurance v. Thrift-Mart, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  4. Lee v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  5. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. MorganCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987

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