Johnson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Mitchell. Colquitt superior court. December 28, 1906. James Johnson was indicted for the murder of his father, JA. Johnson. The evidence showed, that the deceased was shot and killed while sitting at his supper table, the fatal shot being fired by an unknown person from the yard. The testimony connecting the accused with the killing was circumstantial.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Mitchell. Colquitt superior court. December 28, 1906. James Johnson was indicted for the murder of his father, JA. Johnson. The evidence showed, that the deceased was shot and killed while sitting at his supper table, the fatal shot being fired by an unknown person from the yard. The testimony connecting the accused with the killing was circumstantial. A gun had been stolen from the house of a neighbor a few days prior to the killing, and this gun was found concealed in some bushes a short distance from the scene of the crime, shortly after the commission…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
(After stating the facts.)
Discussion of the questions disposed of by the rulings in the first and second headnotes is unnecessary. The court’s charge is not subject to any of the criticisms made upon it. Nor were any cf the rulings upon the admissibility of testimony shown to have been erroneous, save the one which we will take up for consideration. A witness for the State, over timely and proper objection, was permitted to give testimony te show that the accused was at the time of the homicide living in needy and indigent circumstances. The court had permitted the solicitor-general to…
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