McLaughlin v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Hawkins. Laurens superior court. September 20, 1913. David McLaughlin, alias Lewis Davis, was tried under an indictment charging him with the offense of murder, it being alleged that he shot and killed his wife, Selma.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Hawkins. Laurens superior court. September 20, 1913. David McLaughlin, alias Lewis Davis, was tried under an indictment charging him with the offense of murder, it being alleged that he shot and killed his wife, Selma. Two witnesses, testifying that they saw the shooting, swore that the accused shot his wife four times,, once in the breast and three times through the bowels, inflicting mortal wounds from which the woman died in two or three hours. In his statement the defendant claimed that his mother-in-law and his wife had made a violent assault upon him,…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. This court will not interfere with the discretion of the trial judge in refusing to grant a motion for the postponement of .a criminal ease to allow counsel to prepare for trial, where it is not made to 'appear that there has been a gross abuse of discretion, or that the trial judge has displayed a want of consideration for the rights of the accused, which amounts to a denial of a fair trial. Harris v. State, 119 Ga. 114 (45 S. E. 973), and cases cited. The ground of the motion predicated upon the statement of one of the counsel for the accused, that he…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rawlins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Rowland v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
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