Andrews v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Roberts. Montgomery superior court. February 7, 1903. Andrews was indicted for murder, and found guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. He excepted to the refusal of a new trial. There were no eye-witnesses to the homicide.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Roberts. Montgomery superior court. February 7, 1903. Andrews was indicted for murder, and found guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. He excepted to the refusal of a new trial. There were no eye-witnesses to the homicide. According to the defendant’s (Statement he had armed himself on receiving an in-suiting and threatening message from the deceased.; when they subsequently met, the deceased had cursed him and forced him to go some distance for the purpose of settling their difficulty; the de-cea'sed was approaching him with a hoe held in a threatening…
1Opinion of the Court
Lamar, .1.
A party offering evidence is not required in the first instance to show that it is competent; for all evidence is admitted *3.as of course, unless a valid ground of objection is interposed by the opposite party, or by the court of its own motion to prevent the introduction of needless or irrelevant testimony. In a sense all evidence is prima facie admissible, and the burden is upon the objecting party to state at the time some reason why it should not be admitted. It will not be sufficient for him to say, “ I object,” 05, “ I object because the evidence is not competent” or “ is…
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