Anderson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Continuance. Murder. Practice in ^Superior Court. Before Judge Adams. McIntosh Superior Court. May Term,’1883. To the report contained in the decision, it is only nec- ■ essary to add, in connection with tbe third division thereof, that one ground of the motion for new trial was because tbe court did not cause tbe jury to retire during tbe preliminary examination as. to tlie admissibility of the confession.
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Criminal Law. Continuance. Murder. Practice in ^Superior Court. Before Judge Adams. McIntosh Superior Court. May Term,’1883. To the report contained in the decision, it is only nec- ■ essary to add, in connection with tbe third division thereof, that one ground of the motion for new trial was because tbe court did not cause tbe jury to retire during tbe preliminary examination as. to tlie admissibility of the confession. After examining the witness, McGriff, the confessions were held admissible, and were proved, as stated in ;the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
The prisoner and his brother, Pompey Anderson, were indicted jointly for the murder of Chance Brown. When the case was called, the defendants severed, and the prisoner was put upon his trial. He moved for a continuance, and put his showing in writing, to the effect that Barbara Anderson, and other witnesses subpoenaed for them, were absent without his consent, etc., on account of sickness ; that he expected to prove by them that Pompey Anderson was absent from the scene of the homicide at the time it was committed, and could not have participated therein. This showing for a…
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