Cochran v. State

Eight menj one of whom was the plaintiff in error, were indicted for the murder of Sterling Thompson. The defendants severed, and J. A. Cochran was tried and convicted. He excepts to the overruling of his motion for a new trial, the material grounds of which will be considered as the opinion proceeds.

1. It is contended that the judge who tried the case should have held himself disqualified, although there was no suggestion of disqualification, nor any objection to his presiding. It appears that, after the defendant and several of the others named in the indictment were placed in Fulton county…