Cantrell v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Jones. Hall superior court. September 20, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
Bart Cantrell, Jim Cantrell, and Sylvia Hawkins were jointly indicted, charged with the murder of Arthur Hawkins, Bart Cántrell as principal and the other two as accessories before the fact. Bart pleaded guilty, 'and such plea was entered on the indictment. Subsequently and on the same day Jim was separately placed on trial, and was found guilty as charged. He moved for a new trial, which being refused, he excepted.
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Complaint was made in the motion'for new trial that “The court erred in not instructing the jury that the bill of indictment,…
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