Hudson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for murder—conviction of manslaughter; from Gilmer superior court—Judge Morris. February 14, 1919. Plato Hudson killed Miles Watkins. The only eye-witness of the homicide who testified at the trial was Andrew Sluder, at whose house it occurred.
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Indictment for murder—conviction of manslaughter; from Gilmer superior court—Judge Morris. February 14, 1919. Plato Hudson killed Miles Watkins. The only eye-witness of the homicide who testified at the trial was Andrew Sluder, at whose house it occurred. This witness testified, that the defendant was his brother-in-law and came to the house with him at his invitation, and went into the kitchen to get some water, and remained in the kitchen until the wife of the witness called for supper; and after supper the defendant went into the sitting-room, in which were Miles Watkins, Henry Hudson, and…
1Opinion of the CourtLuke, J.
The defendant’s conviction of voluntary manslaughter was unauthorized by the evidence, and the court erred in refusing to grant a new trial.
Judgment reversed.
Broyles, O. J., and Bloodworth, J., concur. James M. Patterson testified as to the defendant’s threat “to get five or six” persons not named, wbo had caused his wife, and himself to have trouble. The witness said nothing as to when the threat was made. Rufus Carroll testified that in the spring preceding the killing of Watkins, which occurred in December, he heard the defendant say, in regard to Watkins, that he (the defendant) was…
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- Graham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1925