Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 15, 1918No. 865PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Indictment for murder. Before Judge Bartlett. Polk superior court. February 20, 1918. (See ante, 332.)

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.

1. The court did not err in admitting, over the objection that it was “too indefinite and too far removed from the time and place of the killing,” evidence that the decedent said to his wife, a short time before leaving their home, that he was “going over to the hollow to hide a still; him and Bob Smith and Charlie Smith, Bose Hudgins, and Jim Eortenberry. . He. said he was going there to hide it. They were looking for the revenues next morning. He said he would have to go, that they were down there waiting for him, Mr. Hudgins was waiting for him, and get the still and worm' before it got so…

2Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. VestalSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
  2. Hyde v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
  3. Howell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
  4. Jarrard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  5. Tiller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943

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