Wiggins v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for assault with intent to murder. Before Judge Sweat. Wayne superior court. November term, 1896. W. M. Wiggins was found guilty of shooting at another (J. M. Harper) not in his own defense or under other circumstances of justification. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he excepted.
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Indictment for assault with intent to murder. Before Judge Sweat. Wayne superior court. November term, 1896. W. M. Wiggins was found guilty of shooting at another (J. M. Harper) not in his own defense or under other circumstances of justification. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he excepted. The motion alleges, in addition to the general grounds: 1. That the court erred in refusing to grant a continuance on defendant’s motion on account of the absence of three witnesses, two of whom were negroes who were present at .the shooting, upon whom subpoenas had been served, who had…
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
1. Wiggins was indicted for an assault with intent to murder. On the call of his case he moved to continue on the ground that two of his witnesses were absent. He testified that they had been subpoenaed, that their testimony was material, that he desired them for the purpose of corroborating the testimony of his other witnesses, but that he did not know to what they would testify if they were present. The court refused to grant the continuance; and the trial was had, which resulted in the conviction of the accused. The latter made a motion for a new trial; it was overruled, and he excepted.…
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