Valentine v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Evidence. Practice in Supreme Court. Charge of Court. Before Judge Roney. Richmond Superior Court. April Term, 1886. Preston Valentine was indicted for the murder of William Vail, and on his trial was found guilty.
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Criminal Law. Evidence. Practice in Supreme Court. Charge of Court. Before Judge Roney. Richmond Superior Court. April Term, 1886. Preston Valentine was indicted for the murder of William Vail, and on his trial was found guilty. The facts are sufficiently stated in the decision, and it is necessary to add only that the testimony of the two witnesses detailing the confessions, which were objected 'to but admitted in .evidence, was as follows: L. G. Byers, sworn for the State. — I reside in Alleghany, Virginia, and am sheriff of that county. I recognize the defendant, and first saw him last…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
1. This evidence is abundant to support the verdict ot guilty. It seems to us to demand it, and to demand it without those confessions which are in the slightest degree doubtful of admissibility.
Vail was murdered in a room belonging to the street car stables in Augusta, where he kept the money for delivery the next morning for change to the drivers. He was murdered at night. Defendant, not then employed by the company, but having been discharged a short time before, came next day to the scene where the murder was committed,-and being looked at suspiciously, jumped upon…
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