Wells v. State

The general grounds and the special grounds are largely controlled by the one question, whether or not Wells and Hunter, who were apprehended and tried, and Willie Pope, who fled, acted with a common intent and purpose in a concerted action to make the attack upon Mr. Mogan Mooney and his family. If they did, there was a conspiracy between them. A conspiracy need not be specially pleaded, as counsel for the defendant contends. Dixon v. State, 116 Ga. 186 (8) (42 S. E. 357). And the conspirators need not be indicted jointly. Nelson v. State, 51 Ga. App. 207, 211 (180 S. E. 16). A conspiracy…