Beck v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Insanity. Drunkenness. Evidence. Bes Gestx. Charge of Court. Malice. Before Judge Estes. Rabun Superior Court. September Term, 1885. Eugene W. Beck was indicted for the murder of his wife, Ella Beck. He pleaded not guilty. On the trial, the evidence for the state was in, brief, as follows : On October 28, 1884, Beck went to the jail, and while there, talked to the town marshal about some hogs belonging to one Wall that kept getting into his lot.
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Criminal Law. Insanity. Drunkenness. Evidence. Bes Gestx. Charge of Court. Malice. Before Judge Estes. Rabun Superior Court. September Term, 1885. Eugene W. Beck was indicted for the murder of his wife, Ella Beck. He pleaded not guilty. On the trial, the evidence for the state was in, brief, as follows : On October 28, 1884, Beck went to the jail, and while there, talked to the town marshal about some hogs belonging to one Wall that kept getting into his lot. He stated also that the dogs kept getting into his kitchen, and asked the marshal to lend him his pistol,' saying that he wanted to…
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
The plaintiff in error was indicted, tried and found guilty of the murder of his wife, Ella Beck, in the superior court of Rabun county. He made a motion for new trial on many grounds, which being denied by the court, he excepted to such refusal, and assigns as error the several grounds taken in his motion for new trial.
The first two grounds in the motion will be considered last.
The third ground was abandoned by the counsel for plaintiff, as ihe same was ruled adversely to them in Dan-forth's case, decided at the last term of this court, 75 Ga., 614.
1. The fourth ground…
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