Cruce v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Continuance. Jury. Severance. Practice in the Superior Court. Argument. Yerdict. Before Judge Lester. Cherokee Superior Court, February Term, 1877. For the facts, see the opinions.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Judge.
1. The showing for continuance was hardly sufficient in respect to the element of diligence. There was no abuse of discretion in denying the continuance.
2. Did the court commit material error in reference to the right of peremptory challenge ? It is necessary, in the first instance, to ascertain whether the presiding judge did, in fact, make any decision to the effect that the prisoners, both together, were entitled to but twenty challenges, and that each severally was not entitled to that number. The bill of exceptions states, that after the panel was put upon the prisoners,…
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