Hunter v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Murder. Evidence. New Trial, etc. Tried before Judge Alexander. Brooks Superior Court. November Term, 1870. Thomas M. Alexander, on the night of the 12th of July, 1870, was found in the road, in said county, dead. His death was caused by several buckshot projected from a gun, eight or ten steps off, into one wound, in the posterior part of the right shoulder. A coroner’s inquest was had, and subsequently Jimpsey A. Hunter was indicted for murdering him.
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Murder. Evidence. New Trial, etc. Tried before Judge Alexander. Brooks Superior Court. November Term, 1870. Thomas M. Alexander, on the night of the 12th of July, 1870, was found in the road, in said county, dead. His death was caused by several buckshot projected from a gun, eight or ten steps off, into one wound, in the posterior part of the right shoulder. A coroner’s inquest was had, and subsequently Jimpsey A. Hunter was indicted for murdering him. Before going to trial he made affidavit that, “ on account of the excitement and prejudice against him in the community he could not obtain a…
1Opinion of the Court
Lochrane, Chief Justice.
1. This was an indictment from Brooks Superior Court. Preliminary to the trial a motion was made to change the venue, which was overruled by the Court, and this is the first ground of error assigned. This motion was predicated upon the affidavit of the defendant, in which he alleges that upon the ground of excitement and prejudice, he could not obtain a fair trial in the county of Brooks. The Constitution of 1868, Code, section 5102, declares that criminal cases shall be tried in the county where the crime was committed, except cases in the Superior Courts where the…
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