Lovett v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Continuance. Evidence. lies gestee. Jury. New trial. Before Judge Pottle. Hancock Superior Court. April Adjourned Term, 1877. This case arose upon substantially the same facts as that of Griggs vs. The State, 59 Ga. Rep., 738. Any further report beyond a reference to that is deemed unnecessary.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Judge.
1. This case and that of Griggs vs. The State, 59 Ga., 738, relate to the same criminal transaction. The two cases were argued together in this court. The continuance for which Lovett moved in the superior court was properly denied. Popular excitement, as a ground for postponing trial, is generally not to be regarded. The statutory provisions for securing an impartial jury are very ample, and prove, for the most part, very effectual. If such a jury cannot be had in the county, the venne may be changed. Code, §5118. There is very little danger that a jury regularly organized…
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