Fry v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Prisoner’s .statement. Charge of court. Murder. Verdict. New trial. Jury and jurors. Before Judge Brown. Cobb superior court. March adjourned term, 1888. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
On Sunday morning, Fry killed his wife by stabbing her in the neck. They occupied a room ad*647joining one occupied by her parents. No unusual noise was heard by tbe inmates of tbe adjoining room, until Mrs. Ery, after receiving ber wounds, gave tbe alarm. Sbe lived only about half an hour. lie walked away, and to persons who talked with him or heard him talk, be admitted that be bad done tbe deed, and they saw in bis bands tbe bloody knife. To one of them be assigned as tbe reason of bis act that sbe bad been cursing and quarrelling, or fussing and quarrelling. In bis…
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