Williams v. State

Beid, Chief Justice.

The defendant was indicted for murder. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, without recommendation. By virtue of the provisions of the Code, §§ 26-1005, 27-2514=, the defendant was sentenced by Hon. Berry T. Moseley, judge of the superior court, to be electrocuted on October 12, 1937. Thereafter and in due time the defendant prosecuted a writ of error, and a judgment of affirmance was rendered. 186 Ga. 251 (197 S. E. 838). The date set for the execution of the sentence having passed, Judge Marshall L. Allison (who had been appointed judge of the superior court of Elbert…