Hudson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Candler. DeKalb superior court. February term, 1897. Terrell Hudson was indicted for the murder of Seab Malcomb, and was found guilty. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he excepted. The testimony for the State shows, in brief, that Hudson and Malcomb were laborers upon a farm, and on the day of the homicide were engaged in cutting briers, etc., in the bottoms, working near each other.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Candler. DeKalb superior court. February term, 1897. Terrell Hudson was indicted for the murder of Seab Malcomb, and was found guilty. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he excepted. The testimony for the State shows, in brief, that Hudson and Malcomb were laborers upon a farm, and on the day of the homicide were engaged in cutting briers, etc., in the bottoms, working near each other. Malcomb had a dog which he had tied behind the crib, and told Hudson not to turn him loose. Hudson had hunted with the dog on the previous day. After being so told…
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
There are several grounds in the motion for new trial which was refused by the court below, on which refusal error is assigned. These will be considered in detail. The first three are, that the verdict is contrary to law and the evidence, and that there is a strong reasonable doubt as.to the guilt of the accused sufficient to change the form of the ver*523dict. We can not agree to either of these propositions. There is ample evidence in the record to sustain the verdict, which is not contrary to, but in accordance with, the law; nor can we say that the evidence fails to show guilt beyond a…
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