Ransom v. State

1. In the motion for a new trial it is complained that the court erred in admitting in evidence certain dying declarations, the objections urged being that “there was not sufficient foundation laid for the admission of a dying statement, because the State has failed to prove that the deceased was in a dying condition and because the statement is hearsay.” There is no merit in the objection that “the state*365ment is hearsay.” That “dying declarations constitute one of the exceptions to the rule which rejects hearsay evidence” is clearly announced in Mitchell v. State, 71 Ga. 128 (2). The ground…