Hudgins v.State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Charge of Court. Criminal law. Jurors. New trial.Practice in the Superior Court. Before Judge Hillyeb. DeKalb Superior Court. March Term, 1878. : To the report contained in the opinion, it is only necessary to add the following : The evidence made, in brief, the following case : Lucas, the prosecutor, had been to Atlanta, had become drunk, and been confined in the calabooose the afternoon before the affray.
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Charge of Court. Criminal law. Jurors. New trial.Practice in the Superior Court. Before Judge Hillyeb. DeKalb Superior Court. March Term, 1878. : To the report contained in the opinion, it is only necessary to add the following : The evidence made, in brief, the following case : Lucas, the prosecutor, had been to Atlanta, had become drunk, and been confined in the calabooose the afternoon before the affray. That' night he went into a bar room in Decatur, and there met the defendant (James Hudgins), John Hudgins, and a negro; they were also drinking. Lucas spoke to them, they chatted together,…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Justice.
The defendant, with two others, was indicted for an assault with intent to murder. He was put on trial alone, convicted, and moved for a new trial on various grounds, which were overruled, and he excepted.
1. The first ground respects the charge, and is to the effect that the facts did not authorize the court to charge on the subject of a conspiracy and concert of action between the three, or two of the three, men who were indicted together. The facts, we think, authorized the charge. The *185two men were together, they ran upon 'the prosecutor together, and assaulted him behind…
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