Mann v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Boan. Newton superior court.' November 18, 1905.
1Opinion of the CourtEvaNS, J.
The plaintiff in error was tried upon an indictment charging her with the murder of Lee Pitts, and a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to mercy, was returned by the jury. Thereupon the accused made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled by the court, and she excepted. Aside from the complaint that the evidence did not wárrant the verdict, the motion for a new trial, as amended before the hearing thereon, contained six assignments of error upon the charge of the court.
1. The court charged the jury: “When the killing is proved to be the act of the defendant, the presumption of…
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