Legal Opinion
Fairfield v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 21, 1923No. 3502PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.
O. C. Fairfield was tried- under an indictment charging him with having, on the 29th day of May, 1921, maliciously burned a railroad bridge of the A., B. & A. Railway Company. The jury trying the case returned - a verdict of guilty, and he was thereupon sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor. The accused made a motion for new trial, which being overruled, he excepted.
The first ground of the amendment to the motion for new *662trial relates to the admission, over objection, of the testimony of a witness for the State, one Fountain. In giving his testimony as to the alleged confession, that…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Cawthon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Frank v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
- Dixon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Vaughn v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Ferguson v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Gore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
- State v. HightowerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1952
- State v. TurnquestSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
- Edmonds v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
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