Styles v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Parker. AVare superior court. July 13, 1907. The 4th ground of the motion for new trial complains that certain jurors, after they had been impaneled and before all the evidence had been submitted, read copies of the Savannah Morning News, a daily newspaper, containing a certain editorial which it is .alleged was calculated to mislead the jurors, prejudice their verdict, and .influence them in the performance of their duty; all of which was…
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Parker. AVare superior court. July 13, 1907. The 4th ground of the motion for new trial complains that certain jurors, after they had been impaneled and before all the evidence had been submitted, read copies of the Savannah Morning News, a daily newspaper, containing a certain editorial which it is .alleged was calculated to mislead the jurors, prejudice their verdict, and .influence them in the performance of their duty; all of which was prejudicial .to the cause of the defendant. Appropriate affidavits by the defendant and his counsel were submitted, to…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
We will deal at once with the 4th ground of the motion for new trial. It is expressly stated in the motion for new trial that the jurors read the paper which contained the editorial complained of. The judge certified the recital of facts to be true. It is thus made affirmatively to appear that the jurors read the paper. It is nowhere stated in so many words that they read the editorial, but there is no explanation by the jurors nor any counter-showing. It was in the paper and, as we shall see, was of harmful character, and in the absence of a denial it will be presumed that the jurors read…
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