Jones v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Charge of Court. Evidence. Before Judge Hood. Randolph Superior Court. November Term, 1879. Jones was indicted for the murder of Hamp Jones, his step-son, a child about six years of age, and on the trial was found guilty. He moved for a new trial on the following, among other grounds: (i.) Because the court charged that confessions must be received with great caution, when there was no evidence of any confessions.
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Criminal law. Charge of Court. Evidence. Before Judge Hood. Randolph Superior Court. November Term, 1879. Jones was indicted for the murder of Hamp Jones, his step-son, a child about six years of age, and on the trial was found guilty. He moved for a new trial on the following, among other grounds: (i.) Because the court charged that confessions must be received with great caution, when there was no evidence of any confessions. (2.) Because the court admitted in evidence sayings of the wife of defendant in regard to the crime, some of which did not appear to be in his presence. [The officer…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Justice.
The defendant was indicted for the murder of a child six years old, the little son of his wife,- was found guilty, and excepted. The case was before us at the last- term, when a new trial was granted. - It is now before us again; and the law demands the grant of another new trial.
1. Among the grounds of the motion for the new trial is one that the court erred in charging the jury on the subject of confessions of guilt when there were none. In Dumas vs. The State, decided last term, it was ruled that where the defendant had made no confessions of guilt, and the court charged…
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