Harris v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Refore Judge Wright. Eloyd superior court. May 7, 1920. Charlie Harris was indicted, tried for murder, and convicted. He was sentenced to be hanged. He moved for a new trial. It was refused.
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Indictment for murder. Refore Judge Wright. Eloyd superior court. May 7, 1920. Charlie Harris was indicted, tried for murder, and convicted. He was sentenced to be hanged. He moved for a new trial. It was refused. He excepted, and the judgment of the court below was affirmed. 149 Ga. 724 (102 S. E. 159). After the judgment of the Supreme Court had been made the judgment of the superior court the defendant filed an extraordinary motion for new trial, on the following state of facts: The jury trying the defendant retired to consider their verdict about five o’clock on Friday afternoon, and…
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.
In Harris v. Roan, 119 Ga. 379 (46 S. E. 433), it was ruled: " The extraordinary motions or cases contemplated by the statute are such as dó not ordinarily occur m the trans*682action of human affairs; as, when a man has been convicted of murder, and it afterwards appears that the supposed deceased is still alive, or where one is convicted on the testimony of a witness who is subsequently found guilty of perjury in giving that testimony, or where there has been some providential cause, and cases of like character.” See also Cox v. Hillyer, 65 Ga. 57; Wheeler v. State, 149 Ga. 473 (100 S. E. 568).…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Cox v. HillyerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1880
- Harris v. RoanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Gholston v. GholstonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1860
- Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- Obear v. GraySupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
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