Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Hímruond. Richmond superior court. March 25, 1905. Neal Williams, colored, was indicted ftf the murder of Mattie Bell Devine. He was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for life. He moved for a new trial, wbbh was denied, and he excepted. The evidence on behalf of the State was, in brief, as follows: The defendant and deceased lived together in adultery. They sometimes quarreled, and had mutually cursed each other.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Hímruond. Richmond superior court. March 25, 1905. Neal Williams, colored, was indicted ftf the murder of Mattie Bell Devine. He was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for life. He moved for a new trial, wbbh was denied, and he excepted. The evidence on behalf of the State was, in brief, as follows: The defendant and deceased lived together in adultery. They sometimes quarreled, and had mutually cursed each other. About a week before the death of the woman, they had a quarrel, and she told him to leave. He said when he left he would leave somebody sick…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the facts.) 1. Counsel for defendant objected to the introduction of any evidence against the accused until the corpus delicti had first been proved by the State. There was no error in overruling this objection. The order in which evidence is allowed to be introduced must rest, to a considerable extent, in the sound discretion of the presiding *141judge. Sometimes the corpus delicti may- be proved separately, and evidence tending to connect the accused with the offense produced afterwards. Iu other cases proof of the corpus delicti and of the connection of the defendant with it is…
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