Davis v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Murder. Circumstantial Evidence. Admissions. Charge of Court. Indictment. Bailiff. Before Judge Branham. Chattooga Superior Court.
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Criminal Law. Murder. Circumstantial Evidence. Admissions. Charge of Court. Indictment. Bailiff. Before Judge Branham. Chattooga Superior Court. March Term, 1885. To the report contained in the decision, it is necessary to add only that the grounds of the motion for a new trial were as follows: (1.) Because the court erred in sustaining the demurrer to and overruling the special plea filed by the defendant. [See 8 th division of decision.] (2.) Because the verdict is contrary to law and evidence, and without sufficient evidence to support it, and is strongly and decidedly against the weight…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
Two youths — one verging into manhood, the other a mere bojr — were seen out hunting together. The elder carried a double-barrelled shotgun; the boy, a small single-barrelled shotgun. Each had a dog along with him. The elder returned safely home with dog and gun; the other, with his dog and gun, did not return. The agonized father and mother, with such neighbors as they could get to aid them, scoured the neighboring country in search of the lost boy, only in age just entering the twelfth year, and their only child. Vainly the woods were explored all night; the missing…
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