Roberts v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Henry. Walker superior court; March 29, 1905. Roberts was indicted for the murder of his wife, and upon his trial, in February of the present year, he was convicted upon evidence which was wholly circumstantial. He made a motion for a new trial, which was- overruled, and he excepted. The grounds of the motion were: (1-3) That the verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence and without evidence to support it.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Henry. Walker superior court; March 29, 1905. Roberts was indicted for the murder of his wife, and upon his trial, in February of the present year, he was convicted upon evidence which was wholly circumstantial. He made a motion for a new trial, which was- overruled, and he excepted. The grounds of the motion were: (1-3) That the verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence and without evidence to support it. (4) Because the indictment charged that the offense was committed by striking the deceased with a curtain pole, and the evidence wholly failed to…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, P. J.
(After stating the facts as above.) 1. There is no merit in the usual general grounds of the motion for a new trial. The evidence that the wife of the accused had been murdered was clear and convincing, and the circumstances tending to show that he was the perpetrator of the crime were sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis to the contrary. The jury were fully authorized to find that the evidence in reference to the insanity of the accused at the time the crime was committed was not sufficient to sustain this defense.
2-4. The circumstances tending to establish the fact that the…
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