Burgess v. State

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

1. Upon the trial under the indictment for murder, there was testimony of an eyewitness proving the killing in the manner alleged in the indictment. The verdict of guilty is therefore authorized by the evidence and the general grounds of the motion for a new trial are without merit.

2. Two of the amended grounds complain of excerpts from the charge, wherein it was stated that “the Supreme Court says that, if a person can distinguish between right and wrong, he is responsible,” and “the Supreme Court says that the use of a weapon likely to produce death raises the…