Wall v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Gower. Dooly superior court. November 17, 1921. Buddie Wall and nineteen other negroes were jointly indicted for the murder of Robert Davis, a white man, in Dooly county, on May 17, 1921. The evidence was as follows: On May 17, 1921, W. D. Cunningham, the marshal of Byromville, went to the home of Fate Chapman, a negro, to collect a tax fi. fa. for $1.75, in favor of that town, or, in default of its payment, to levy the same.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Gower. Dooly superior court. November 17, 1921. Buddie Wall and nineteen other negroes were jointly indicted for the murder of Robert Davis, a white man, in Dooly county, on May 17, 1921. The evidence was as follows: On May 17, 1921, W. D. Cunningham, the marshal of Byromville, went to the home of Fate Chapman, a negro, to collect a tax fi. fa. for $1.75, in favor of that town, or, in default of its payment, to levy the same. Chapman said the fi. fa. wasn’t just, and refused to pay it. The marshal then told him he would levy the fi. fa. on one of his mules…
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. In the fifth ground of the amendment to his motion for new trial the defendant Buddie Wall asserts that the court erred in permitting W. D. Cunningham to testify as to the difficulty which took place on the morning preceding the night of the homicide between him and Fate Chapman, arising out of his effort as marshal of Byromville to collect, or enforce the collection of, a tax fi. fa. of that town against Chapman. In this difficulty Cunningham, while endeavoring as marshal to collect or levy said fi. fa. on the property of Chapman, became involved in a'…
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