Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Evidence. Practice in Superior Court. Jurors.’ Continuance. Husband and Wife. Practice in Supreme Court. Impeachment of Witnesses. Before Judge Fleming. Decatur Superior Court. ■ August Special Term, 1881. An indictment was found against Robert H. Durham, John W. Williams and Walter Williams.
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Criminal Law. Evidence. Practice in Superior Court. Jurors.’ Continuance. Husband and Wife. Practice in Supreme Court. Impeachment of Witnesses. Before Judge Fleming. Decatur Superior Court. ■ August Special Term, 1881. An indictment was found against Robert H. Durham, John W. Williams and Walter Williams. The first count charged all three with murder in the first degree; the second count charged John and Walter Williams with murder in the second degree, and the third count charged them with being accessories before the fact. John Williams being placed upon trial, moved for a continuance on…
1Opinion of the Court
JACKSON, Chief Justice.
There are thirty grounds taken in the motion for a new trial, and on each of them error is assigned in this voluminous record. For want of time to examine them all with necessary care during the last term, the case was held up for further investigation during the vacation. These grounds of error may be classified under three general heads: first, errors assigned upon the rulings of the presiding judge preliminary to the trial on the merits; secondly, those in regard to the competency of witnesses and their testimony; and, thirdly, those respecting the charge and…
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