Hicks v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Littlejobn. Macon superior court. June 11, 1898. To the facts stated in the opinion it is necessary to add only that the preliminary examination of the child referred to in the second division was as follows: Q. How old are you, Joe? A. I am ten years old. Q. Who made you ? A. God made me. Q. Is it right or wrong to tell the truth ? A. It is right to tell the truth. Q. What about a story? A. A story is a lie.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Littlejobn. Macon superior court. June 11, 1898. To the facts stated in the opinion it is necessary to add only that the preliminary examination of the child referred to in the second division was as follows: Q. How old are you, Joe? A. I am ten years old. Q. Who made you ? A. God made me. Q. Is it right or wrong to tell the truth ? A. It is right to tell the truth. Q. What about a story? A. A story is a lie. Q. Well, is it right to tell a story ? A. No, sir. ,Q. Do you know what they would do to you if you told a story here? A. Yes, •sir. Q. What would…
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
1. The following special presentment was. returned by the grand jury of Macon county: “ The grand jurors, . . in the name and behalf of the citizens of Georgia, charge- and accuse Jeff Hicks with the offense of murder, for that the-said Jeff Hicks, on the 21th day of April, in the year 1898, in the county aforesaid, did then and there unlawfully and with force and arms, by choking and by other means to the jurors unknown, feloniously and of his malice aforethought, kill and murder one Miley Hicks, in the peace of the State, being contrary to the laws of said State, the good order, peace and…
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