Camp v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Manslaughter, from Marion county.. Tried before Judg©-Worrilx., March Term, 1858. Newton Camp was placed upon his trial under an indictment, the language of which was as follows: “ The grand jurors sworn, chosen and selected for Marion county, in the name and behalf of-the citizens of Georgia,, charge and accuse Newton Camp of the county and State aforesaid, with the offence of manslaughter, for that the said' Newton Camp,, in the county and State aforesaid, on the twelfth…
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Manslaughter, from Marion county.. Tried before Judg©-Worrilx., March Term, 1858. Newton Camp was placed upon his trial under an indictment, the language of which was as follows: “ The grand jurors sworn, chosen and selected for Marion county, in the name and behalf of-the citizens of Georgia,, charge and accuse Newton Camp of the county and State aforesaid, with the offence of manslaughter, for that the said' Newton Camp,, in the county and State aforesaid, on the twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand-eight hundred and fifty-seven, with force and arms and with a certain…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
McDonald, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] The first ground in the motion in arrest of judgment, cannot be sustained. The conclusion of the indictment follows the form prescribed by the statute. Besides, it is an exception which goes merely to the form of the indictment, and cannot be sustained in arrest of the judgment of the Court. Cobb’s N. Dig. 833.
[2.] The argument, in support of the second and third gounds of the motion, is that manslaughter cannot be com-*692[2.] The argurn~nt, ii~ suppert of the second and third grounds of the motion, is that manslaughter caunox be corn-
[3.] The…
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