Murray v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Shooting at another. Verdict. Charge of court. Prisoner’s statement. Manslaughter. Practice. Before Judge Hutchins. Clarke superior court. April term, 1889. Indictment for assault with intent to murder.
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Criminal law. Shooting at another. Verdict. Charge of court. Prisoner’s statement. Manslaughter. Practice. Before Judge Hutchins. Clarke superior court. April term, 1889. Indictment for assault with intent to murder. The evidence for the State tended to show that Murray and Reaves, who were both in the livery and horse-trading business, were in front of a hotel in Athens about five o’clock on the afternoon of July 12, 1887, and Reaves was speaking with another person about a horse when Murray walked up and joined the conversation. Some dispute arose between them as to the racing qualities of…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Murray was indicted and tried for the offence of assault with intent to murder, and convicted of shooting at another. He made his motion for a new trial upon the several grounds stated therein, which was overruled by the court, and he excepted.
1. The first three grounds of the motion are the usual ones, that the verdict was contrary to evidence, without evidence to support it, and contrary to law. There was no error in refusing to grant a new trial upon *381these grounds. If the jury believed the witnesses for the State, which they had a right to do, there was an abundance of…
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