Turner v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Daniel. Butts superior court. June 13, 1912. J. C. Turner, George Turner, Alonzo Turner, and Charlie Turner were jointly indicted for the murder of Jesse Singley. J. C. Turner, hereinafter referred to as the accused, was separately tried.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Daniel. Butts superior court. June 13, 1912. J. C. Turner, George Turner, Alonzo Turner, and Charlie Turner were jointly indicted for the murder of Jesse Singley. J. C. Turner, hereinafter referred to as the accused, was separately tried. The evidence introduced by the State tended to show the following facts: The accused, one of his brothers, and their father, Bill Turner, negroes, were employees at the Elder House, a hotel at Indian Springs. The accused and this brother had a fight at the hotel, about 3.30 o’clock in the afternoon, which Bill Turner and…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. One of the grounds of the motion for new trial is that the court erred in instructing the jury as follows: “An admission, as applied to a criminal case, is the statement made by the defendant of a fact or facts pertinent to the issue, or [and ?] tending, in connection with other facts or circumstances, to prove the guilt of the accused, but which of itself is not enough to authorize a conviction.” The errors assigned upon this instruction are that it “is not a correct definition of an admission, and is not a correct statement of the law. Further, it is…
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