Rumsey v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Conviction of manslaughter. Before Judge Kimsey. Stephens, superior court. June 15, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
The defendant was indicted for the crime of murder, and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. He made a motion for a new trial, which being overruled, he excepted.
1. A written motion was submitted by the defendant, requesting the court to continue the case for the term or at least postpone the trial to some future day, in order to allow him an opportunity to-obtain the testimony of a material witness. The defendant alleged in the motion, that on the night of the shooting there was staying at his home a young woman by the name of Della Farmer, who occupied a bed in the front room with his…
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