Hall v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Practice in the Superior Court. Confessions. Charge of Court. New trial. Before Judge SlMMuNS. Crawford Superior Court. March Term, 1879. Reported in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
The defendant in error was jointly indicted with Green Thurman, Sr., Isham Thurman, and Green Thurman, Jr., for the murder of Augustus H. Murchison. He was tried separately, and a verdict of guilty rendered against him. A motion for a new trial was filed, upon several grounds, and, after argument had, the same was refused by the court, and the plaintiff in error excepted.
The state relied upon circumstantial evidence and con*37fessions for a conviction, and whilst this court will not say that the evidence offered was or was not sufficient to justify a verdict of guilty, yet we…
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