Battle v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Evidence. Dying Declarations. Before Judge Simmons. Crawford Superior Court. March Term, 1884. Bob Battle was indicted for the mui’der of Nelson Jackson, was convicted, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
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Criminal Law. Evidence. Dying Declarations. Before Judge Simmons. Crawford Superior Court. March Term, 1884. Bob Battle was indicted for the mui’der of Nelson Jackson, was convicted, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. He moved for a new trial, on the following among other grounds: (1.) Because the court admitted the following evidence as the dying declarations of deceased : “ He said that on Sunday he was absent from home; and he called Uncle Felix Harrison’s name, and said he was at his home, and he heard some noise at his house and went' back home. There were two roads that…
1Opinion of the Court
Blandeord, Justice.
Bob Battle was indicted for murder, in Crawford superior court, for killing Nelson Jackson; he was found guilty, and, under the recommendation of the jury, sentenced to serve in the penitentiary for life. . Defendant moved for a new trial, on several grounds, which was overruled by the court, and he excepted, and the case is brought here on those exceptions.
There are but two exceptions insisted upon in this court:
(1.) That the court erred in admitting the dying declarations of the deceased in evidence.
1. These declarations were properly admitted under our law and the…
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