King v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for assault with intent to murder, in Randolph Superior Court. Tried before Judge Kiddoo, December, 1856. The plaintiff in error, Bryant King, was indicted in the Superior Court of Randolph county, for an assault with imtent to murder. The case being called, the presiding Judge required the prisoner to announce whether he was ready for trial, before the State announced, to which prisoner’s counsel excepted.
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Indictment for assault with intent to murder, in Randolph Superior Court. Tried before Judge Kiddoo, December, 1856. The plaintiff in error, Bryant King, was indicted in the Superior Court of Randolph county, for an assault with imtent to murder. The case being called, the presiding Judge required the prisoner to announce whether he was ready for trial, before the State announced, to which prisoner’s counsel excepted. The Court further decided that the questions to be propounded to the jurors on their voir dire, should be those contained in the act of the Legislature, passed on the 28th day…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
McDonald, J.
delivering the opinion.
The only error assigned in the record is, that the Court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial, and refusing to set aside the verdict of the jury. The new trial was moved for on ten grounds as will be seen in the foregoing statement. The second ground was abandoned on' the argument, as having been already decided by this Court.
[1.] We see no reason for changing the rule which requires the defendant in criminal cases to announce first, whether he is ready for trial. In England, when the prosecution is in the Court of Kings Bench, the…
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