Farrow v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Indictment. New trial. Practice. Evidence. Bill of exceptions. Newly discovered evidence. Before Judge Wright. Troup Superior Court. November Term, 1871. Robert Farrow was placed upon trial for the offense of murder, alleged to have been committed upon the person of Reuben Germany, a person of color. The defendant pleaded not guilty.
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Criminal law. Indictment. New trial. Practice. Evidence. Bill of exceptions. Newly discovered evidence. Before Judge Wright. Troup Superior Court. November Term, 1871. Robert Farrow was placed upon trial for the offense of murder, alleged to have been committed upon the person of Reuben Germany, a person of color. The defendant pleaded not guilty. The evidence made the following case: On a Tuesday night, during the latter portion of the month of October, 1871, Wily Cunningham and the deceased were out hunting. Columbus Cunningham, the brother of Wily, and defendant met them in the road.…
1Opinion of the Court
McCay, Judge.
1. Without doubt, this was an unfortunate affair — an instance of the sad evil of intemperance and of the consequences of allowing one’s passions to get the control of the respect for human life and of human and divine law. That the prisoner had cause for anger is unquestionable, and the circumstances do, in our judgment, excuse him from the guilt of murder, yet he has taken a human life without any of the justifications allowed by law. At the time he inflicted the fatal blow, he had no reason to fear any harm to himself from the deceased. From all the facts, one cannot but think…
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