Thompson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Continuance. Challenge. Charge of Court. New trial. Opprobrious words. Manslaughter. Before Judge Hansell. Brooks Superior Court. November Adjourned Term, 1874. Thompson was tried for the murder of James H. Hunter, alleged to have been committed on October 7.th, 1874. The case is fully reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
The defendant was indicted for the offense of murder, and on the trial thereof the jury found him guilty. A motion was made for a new trial on the several grounds set forth therein, which was overruled by the court, and the defendant excepted.
1. There was no error in overruling defendant’s motion for a continuance, inasmuch as the materiality of the testimony *49of the absent witness was not shown to the court by the affidavit of the defendant or of any other person.
2. The court did not err in refusing to sustain the defendant’s challenge to the array of the jury put upon…
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