Weeks v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. Criminal Law. Charge of Court. Before Judge Marshall J, Clarke. Fulton Superior Court. September Term, 1886. O. C. Weeks was indicted for the murder of Nash. The evidence on behalf of the State showed, in brief, as follows: On May 1,1886, Weeks, Nash, Moore and Masters started from Atlanta to their homes in Dekalb county, riding together in wagons. When near the dividing line between the counties of Fulton and Dekalb, the wagon in which Nash was stopped.
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Evidence. Criminal Law. Charge of Court. Before Judge Marshall J, Clarke. Fulton Superior Court. September Term, 1886. O. C. Weeks was indicted for the murder of Nash. The evidence on behalf of the State showed, in brief, as follows: On May 1,1886, Weeks, Nash, Moore and Masters started from Atlanta to their homes in Dekalb county, riding together in wagons. When near the dividing line between the counties of Fulton and Dekalb, the wagon in which Nash was stopped. All of the party had been drinking, but Nash and Masters appeared to be drunk. Nash got out and started off. Masters followed,…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
Weeks was indicted and tried for the murder of Nash. He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. The indictment alleged that the killing was by striking the deceased on the head with a bottle. The evidence showed that the bottle was thrown at Nash, struck him on the front of the head and knocked him down, and that he fell on his back in the road. This occurred before sundown. Weeks, with other persons present, put the wounded man in' a wagon and moved off along the road. They came to a creek. It was then dark. They mired down and were detained in the creek for a…
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