Kearney v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Falligant. Chatham superior court. March term, 1897.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
Patrick Kearney was indicted for the murder of John W. Wyness. He was convicted, and upon his motion for a new trial being overruled, he excepted.
1. The court properly refused to permit the witness Hallinan to testify, in behalf of the accused, that Wyness, the deceased, the day after the shooting, told the witness that the shooting was accidental, and requested the witness to so inform the recorder, at the time saying that it must have been accidental, because he did not think Pat would have done it on purpose. These statements were matters of opinion or belief, and therefore were not…
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