Groves v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for attempt to commit robbery. Before Judge Barrow. Chatham superior court. June 24, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
W. C. Groves, E. H. Mahlay, and Joe Waters were indicted for an attempt to commit robbery by force upon the person of Frank Deiter. The indictment alleged that the accused “ in such attempt did do an act towards the commission of said crime, to wit, by hiring a hack for the purpose of assisting them in the commission of said crime, to wit, by ascertaining that said Frank Deiter had no weapon of offense; to wit, by procuring false faces for the purposes of a disguise; but were intercepted and prevented from executing said crime.” Upon the trial of Groves he demurred to the indictment, one of…
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