Mitchell v. State

George Mitchell, a negro, ivas charged with having committed the crime of assault with intent to murder Grady Woodward, a white man. The defendant was convicted, and the Court of Appeals granted him a new trial on September 33, 1936. 54 Ga. App. 354. Subsequently, when the decision for a new trial was published, there were threats of violence against the defendant, and he was taken from his home at night and severely and painfully beaten. His case was subsequently assigned for trial *843in the same county at the February term, 1937. When the case was called for trial the defendant made a motion…