Robinson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Conviction of manslaughter; from Washington superior court-judge Hardeman. November 8, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, J.
1. The court did not err in admitting testimony as to the dying declarations of the deceased; the foundation for such testimony having been properly laid.
2. The charges complained of in the second and third grounds of the amendment to the motion for a new trial are not erroneous for any of the reasons assigned.
3. There was no material error in the following charge: “Dying declarations constitute one of the exceptions to the rule of hearsay evidence; the rule being that hearsay evidence is ordinarily rejected. Their admission is founded on the necessity of the ease, and the reason that being…
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