Shropshire v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Charge of court. Good, character. Evidence. lies gestae. Before Judge Maddox. Eloyd superior court. March term, 1888. In connection with the second part of the decision, it is proper to state that the. testimony of Pritchett was to the eifect that, on the night of the robbery, at a distance not specified from it, he was passed by two negroes, whom he did not know, who were running, and one of them said there was a darkey knocked in the head up under the…
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Criminal law. Charge of court. Good, character. Evidence. lies gestae. Before Judge Maddox. Eloyd superior court. March term, 1888. In connection with the second part of the decision, it is proper to state that the. testimony of Pritchett was to the eifect that, on the night of the robbery, at a distance not specified from it, he was passed by two negroes, whom he did not know, who were running, and one of them said there was a darkey knocked in the head up under the trestle, that the persons who knocked him down toók his rations from him, and that somebody got after him (the speaker) and he…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Howard Shropshire and Jack Robinson were indicted for the offence of robbery. On the trial of the case, the jury returned a verdict of guilty as to both defendants. The defendants made a motion for a new trial, upon the several grounds stated therein, which motion was-granted as to Jack Robinson, and refused as to Shropshire; whereupon Shropshire filed his bill of exceptions, alleging error in the overruling of his motion for new trial.
1. The 5th ground of the motion for a new trial complains that the court erred in charging the jury as'follows: “You have the right to take…
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