Abbott v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for murder—conviction of manslaughter; from Fulton superior court—Judge Humphries. May 17, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtLuke, J.
In this case a letter which was unaddressed and was signed “B. B.,” and which was prejudicial to the defendant, had been offered in evidence by the State, and its admission, upon proper objection, had been refused by the court, upon the ground *368that it “could serve no other purpose than an attack on her character,” etc., but by accident and inadvertence it was handed to the jury by the solicitor-general with other documentary evidence introduced by the State. Some members of the jury read the letter, and one of them understood that it was written to the defendant; others did not; some did not…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Woolfolk v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
- Shedden v. StilesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Walker v. HunterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1855
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Killen v. SistrunkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1849
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3Cited by5 opinions
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