Cox v. Hillyer
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice in the Superior Court. Practice in the Supreme •Court. Mandamus. New trial. Before the Supreme ■Court. February Term, 1880. Cox was tried for murder and convicted at the March term, 1879, °f Fulton superior court. He moved for a new trial on various grounds, among others because the -court refused to continue on account of the physical condition of defendant and popular excitement.
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Practice in the Superior Court. Practice in the Supreme •Court. Mandamus. New trial. Before the Supreme ■Court. February Term, 1880. Cox was tried for murder and convicted at the March term, 1879, °f Fulton superior court. He moved for a new trial on various grounds, among others because the -court refused to continue on account of the physical condition of defendant and popular excitement. The motion was overruled; defendant excepted, and the supreme court affirmed the judgment at the September term, 1879. When Fulton superior court met again in March, 1880, the defendant made another motion…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This is an application to this court for a mandamus to require the judge of the superior court to sign and certify a second bill of exceptions for a new trial in the case of The State vs. Edward Cox, who was tried and found guilty *59of the offense of murder in Fulton superior court. It appears from the record that at the term of the court at which the defendant was tried, he made a motion for a new trial on the several grounds therein set forth, which was overruled, and the defendant excepted and brought the case to this court, which affirmed the judgment of the court…
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