Vann v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Charge of court. Malice. Onus. Practice. Verdict. Evidence. New trial. Before Judge Brown. Chattooga superior court. September term, 1888. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
The defendant was indicted, tried and convicted upon the charge of murder. He made a motion for a new trial upon many grounds, which was overruled, and he excep'ed.
' 1. The 4th, 5th and 6th grounds may be considered together. In these grounds it is complained that the court instructed the jury, in substance, that if after they had examined the evidence, and weighed it fairly and impartially, without favor or affection to either party, they were satisfied the defendant was guilty, they ought to so find. The objection to this instruction was, that the court failed to add, “if…
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