Williams v. State

Candler, Justice.

Thurman Williams and James Dunn were jointly indicted in the Superior Court of Bulloch County for rape. On a separate trial, Williams was convicted of the offense charged, without a recommendation, and sentenced to death by electrocution. His conviction was affirmed by this court on October 12, 1949. Williams v. State, 206 Ga. 107 (55 S. E. 2d, 589). On October 31, 1949, he filed an extraordinary motion for new trial. In support of the first ground of his motion, he attached an affidavit, signed by five of the twelve jurors who had convicted him. These affiants said: “After…