Sullivan v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
/Indictment for assault with intent to murder. Before Judge Littlejohn. Sumter superior court. July 14, 1904. Sullivan, Barrow, and Amanda Wilson were indicted under the Penal Code, § 81, in that by instruments and pressure they caused the death of an unborn child with which the pregnant woman was then “ quick.” The defendants severed.
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/Indictment for assault with intent to murder. Before Judge Littlejohn. Sumter superior court. July 14, 1904. Sullivan, Barrow, and Amanda Wilson were indicted under the Penal Code, § 81, in that by instruments and pressure they caused the death of an unborn child with which the pregnant woman was then “ quick.” The defendants severed. On the trial of Sullivan it was shown that the criminal relation between him and the young woman began in May or June, 1903. From her testimony it appeared that she became pregnant the latter part of July or the first of August, 1903; that she notified the…
1Opinion of the CourtLamar, J.
There are twenty-seven grounds iu the motion for anew trial. The judge’s notes to 6th, 9th, 11th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 21st, and 22d grounds show that no error was committed as therein alleged. Several of the grounds merely state that evidence was offered over the objection of the defendants, without showing when the objection was made; and in other instances it affirmatively appears that the objection is first stated in the motion. The 13th, 14th, 17th, and 18th grounds assign error on the refusal of the court to allow the defense, to show that the members of the family of the young woman had…
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