Pound v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Murder. Criminal Law. Before Judge Andrews. Wilkes Superior Court. June, 1870. On the 25th of February, 1867, Pound killed John E. Harrison, in Hancock county. He was arrested and committed to jail, after a hearing. He was indicted for murder. At October Term, 1867, there was a mis-trial, because the jury could not agree. At the next term, a jury was selected from the grand jurors, by consent, and Pound was again put upon his trial.
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Murder. Criminal Law. Before Judge Andrews. Wilkes Superior Court. June, 1870. On the 25th of February, 1867, Pound killed John E. Harrison, in Hancock county. He was arrested and committed to jail, after a hearing. He was indicted for murder. At October Term, 1867, there was a mis-trial, because the jury could not agree. At the next term, a jury was selected from the grand jurors, by consent, and Pound was again put upon his trial. Another mis-trial was declared, because of the sickness of a juror. By consent, he was again put upon trial, at an Adjourned Term, before a jury taken from grand…
1Opinion of the Court
Lochrane, Chief Justice.
This case comes before us on a motion for a new trial upon fourteen grounds, most of which involve questions of practice and evidence important in their adjudication, and one ground involving matter of the gravest public interest in the construction of the law of homicide arising under the provisions of the Code.
We will briefly dispose of the various grounds of error in the order in which they are presented by the bill of exceptions.
*1281. The first error assigned arises upon the admission of evidence by the State as to the defendant’s character for violence and evidence of…
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