Paul v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal la.w. Confessions. Evidence. New trial. Before Judge CRISP. Macon Superior Court. December Term, 1879. This case is reported in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, J ustice.
Wilson Paul was indicted for and found guilty of murder ; he submitted a motion for a new trial on the following grounds:
1. Because the verdict is contrary to the law of the case.
2. Because the verdict is contrary to the weight of the •evidence.
3. Because the verdict is contrary to evidence.
4. Because the verdict is without evidence.
5. Because the verdict is contrary to law and evidence.
6. Because the verdict is contrary to the charge of the •court in this that the judge charged the jury that “if the evidence showed that the prisoner was under fourteen years of age, then…
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