Bohanan v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Liquor-selling. Before Judge Harris. Carroll superior court. October term, 1892. Dick Bohanan was indicted for selling and furnishing liquor within the 714th district G-. M., Carroll county. He was found guilty, and his motion on the general grounds for a new trial was overruled.
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Liquor-selling. Before Judge Harris. Carroll superior court. October term, 1892. Dick Bohanan was indicted for selling and furnishing liquor within the 714th district G-. M., Carroll county. He was found guilty, and his motion on the general grounds for a new trial was overruled. At the trial Perdue testified: About May 1, 1891, he was in the stables in Stewart’s warehouse yard in Carrollton, and defendant came into an apartment of the stables and handed one Austin two bottles. Austin ran his hand in his pocket, and taking it out extended it towards defendant. Austin came out and went off,…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1. After the witness stated as a part of his testimony that he extorted the confession, there was no motion made to withdraw from the jury the confession or the testimony which the same witness had previously given concerning it. At the time this previous testimony was received, it appeared to be legal, for nothing was then or had been disclosed which could suggest that the confession was not freely and voluntarily made. On the contrary, it was shown that the accused had repeated it in the presence and hearing of another witness, thus confessing twice, once to the…
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