Grant v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge J. B. Jones. Hall superior court. December 18, 1920. J. C. Grant, on trial for the murder of Wyley Heussey, was found guilty, and the jury recommended that he be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for life. His motion for a new trial having been overruled, he excepted. The homicide occurred on a street and near a restaurant in the business section of the city of Gainesville.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge J. B. Jones. Hall superior court. December 18, 1920. J. C. Grant, on trial for the murder of Wyley Heussey, was found guilty, and the jury recommended that he be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for life. His motion for a new trial having been overruled, he excepted. The homicide occurred on a street and near a restaurant in the business section of the city of Gainesville. The testimony of the State’s witnesses tended to show that it occurred under the following circumstances: An automobile was standing parallel with the sidewalk extending…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. It is not a good assignment of error on a portion of the judge’s charge which states a correct principle of law applicable to the case, that some other correct and appropriate instruction was not given. Harvey v. State, 121 Ga. 590 (2) (49 S. E. 674); Howell v. State, 124 Ga. 698 (2) (52 S. E. 649); Nail v. State, 125 Ga. 234 (2) (54 S. E. 145); Powers v. State, 138 Ga. 624 (4) (75 S. E. 651); Hicks v. State, 146 Ga. 221 (6) (91 S. E. 57); Holston National Bank v. Howard, 148 Ga. 767 (98 S. E. 269); Johnson v. State, 150 Ga. 67 (3 a) (102 S. E. 439). Under application of the principle…
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