Cawthon v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Roberts. Dodge superior court. August 4, 1903. ■ The indictment charged Robert D. Cawthon with the murder of R. J. Tucker, in one count, by administering a quantity ■ of strychnine; in another, by causing to be administered a quantity of strychnine to Tucker. There was a verdict of guilty, and exceptions w-ere taken directly to rulings at the trial.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Roberts. Dodge superior court. August 4, 1903. ■ The indictment charged Robert D. Cawthon with the murder of R. J. Tucker, in one count, by administering a quantity ■ of strychnine; in another, by causing to be administered a quantity of strychnine to Tucker. There was a verdict of guilty, and exceptions w-ere taken directly to rulings at the trial. The bill of exceptions states, that Tucker died on July 21, 1903, under circumstances indicating that he was the victim of strychnine poisoning, and on the next day his widow and Cawthon were arrested and…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
Cawthon was convicted of murder, and sentenced to death. He made no motion for a new trial, but brings his case by a direct writ of error, alleging that certain errors prejudicial to him were committed at the trial.
*4021, 2. The attorney-general suggests in his brief that this court has no jurisdiction to pass upon any question made in the bill of exceptions, for the reason that the verdict was not necessarily controlled by any of the rulings, decisions, or charges complained of, within the meaning of the act of December 20, 1898. See Acts 1898, p. 92, Van Epps’ Code Supp. §6241. In order to…
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