Barnes v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Conviction of manslaughter; from McDuffie superior court— Judge Henry C. Hammond. April 1, 1919. Application for certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.
1. The indictment in its formal parts followed section 954 of the Penal Code of 1910. It also named the accused, showed the date and the venue of the offense, and further alleged that the accused “did . . unlawfully and with malice aforethought kill and murder [a named person] by shooting him . . with a pistol.” Such an indictment sufficiently charges the offense of murder. Thomas v. State, 71 Ga. 47, 48 (5). It also embraces the minor offense of voluntary manslaughter. Reynolds v. State, 1 Ga. 222 (1); Watson v. State, 116 Ga. 607 (43 S. E. 32). Notwithstanding the language of the…
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