Edwards v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Manslaughter. Conduct of trial. Evidence. New trial. Before Judge Pish. Dooly superior court. September term, 1891. Edwards was indicted for the murder of Abram West-brook. He was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter; his motion for a new trial was overruled, and he excepted.
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Criminal law. Manslaughter. Conduct of trial. Evidence. New trial. Before Judge Pish. Dooly superior court. September term, 1891. Edwards was indicted for the murder of Abram West-brook. He was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter; his motion for a new trial was overruled, and he excepted. The motion contained the grounds that the verdict was contrary to law, evidence, etc.; that a new trial should be granted for newly discovered evidence; and that the counsel for the State, in the concluding argument to the jury, said that since the last term of the court in this county twenty murders had…
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment affirmed.
Criminal law. Manslaughter. Conduct of trial. Evidence. New trial. Before Judge Pish. Dooly superior court. September term, 1891. Edwards was indicted for the murder of Abram West-brook. He was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter; his motion for a new trial was overruled, and he excepted. The motion contained the grounds that the verdict was contrary to law, evidence, etc.; that a new trial should be granted for newly discovered evidence; and that the counsel for the State, in the concluding argument to the jury, said that since the last term of the court in this county…
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