Walker v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Littlejohn. Sumter superior court. January 16, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
1. Under the rulings in Hicks v. State, 105 Ga. 627 (31 S. E. 579), and Hall v. State, 133 Ga. 177 (65 S. E. 400), an indictment which charged that the accused killed and murdered a named woman, “by then and there choking and beating her and by drowning her and by other violent means to the grand jurors unknown,” was not demurrable on the ground that it did not set forth with particularity or definiteness what kind of choking or beating was used, or whether with the hands or some instrument, or the manner of doing.it, or upon what ' part of the person the choking or beating was done.(a) Nor…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
- Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
- Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
3Cited by6 opinions
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