Cohron v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Yoluntary manslaughter, in Wilkes Superior Court. Tried before Judge James Thomas, September Term, 1856. Upon the trial of this case, the following evidence was submitted to the Jury: John A. Downer sworn, says, that he got there a few minutes before deceased died.
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Yoluntary manslaughter, in Wilkes Superior Court. Tried before Judge James Thomas, September Term, 1856. Upon the trial of this case, the following evidence was submitted to the Jury: John A. Downer sworn, says, that he got there a few minutes before deceased died. Prisoner asked Thomas Bolton if he could shave his son Jasper; deceased was about gasping his last breath when witness got there; this happened on 22d day of May, 1856, at Mallorysville in this county; witness knows nothing in regard to the killing. Knows nothing of the killing; does not know that prisoner killed deceased; prisoner…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
Ought a new trial to have been granted in this case ? We propose to examine the several grounds upon which it was : asked.
[1.] Because one of the Jurors, David Plumb, after having been sworn in chief, left the Jury box, walking about the court-room unattended and conversing with various persons.
It seems from the evidence of Mr. Dyson, the Clerk, that .Mr. Plumb did not go outside the bar. He remarked, perhaps in an undertone, to the Judge and Solicitor General, that *759he was over age. Some one observed that he did. not believe-him from the looks of…
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