Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Larceny, in Muscogee Superior Court. Tried-, before-Judge Worrill, June Term, 1855. A single question is made by this record. Williams was-indicted for the larceny of a watch, from a man named Thomas. On the trial, among other things, it appeared that Thomas and prisoner had settled the case. The Solicitor General stated that he had been informed that prisoner had induced Thomas to absent himself from Court; and from diligent search, he believed him to be in Alabama.
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Larceny, in Muscogee Superior Court. Tried-, before-Judge Worrill, June Term, 1855. A single question is made by this record. Williams was-indicted for the larceny of a watch, from a man named Thomas. On the trial, among other things, it appeared that Thomas and prisoner had settled the case. The Solicitor General stated that he had been informed that prisoner had induced Thomas to absent himself from Court; and from diligent search, he believed him to be in Alabama. The Court then állowed the written memorandum of the testimony, given in by Thomas before the committing Magistrate, to be read…
1Opinion of the Court
*403 By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] It was resolved, upon the trial of Lord Morley, for murder, (7 State Trials, 421,) that in case oath should be made •that any witness who had been examined by the Crown, and was then absent, was detained by the means or procurement of the prisoner, and the Court should be satisfied from the evidence, that the witness was detained by means or procurement of the prisoner, then the examination should be read ; and that whether the witnesses was so . detained, was matter of fact of which the Jury and not the Court, were the judges.
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