McCoy v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Witness. Perjury. Duress. Practice in Superior Court. Before Judge Branham. Walker Superior Court. August Term, 1886. James McCoy was indicted for.the murder of William D, Kellett, charged to have been committed on December 6, 1885. On the trial, the principal witness for the State was Calvin Young.
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Criminal Law. Witness. Perjury. Duress. Practice in Superior Court. Before Judge Branham. Walker Superior Court. August Term, 1886. James McCoy was indicted for.the murder of William D, Kellett, charged to have been committed on December 6, 1885. On the trial, the principal witness for the State was Calvin Young. He testified, in brief, as follows : On Sunday, December 6, 1885, Kellett, who was a deputy United States marshal, arrested the witness at his father’s house, in Walker county, on a charge of violating the internal revenue laws, and started to carry him to Atlanta. Kellett had a…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
McCoy was tried for the murder of Kellett and convicted. He moved for a new trial on several grounds, and the motion was overruled. Kellett, at the time on duty as a revenue officer of the United States, was assassinated in the mountains of Walker county. Having in custody one Calvin Young, whom he had arrested upon a warrant and was conducting to prison, he was shot down in the road, and did not live to make any communication as to the perpertrator or the circumstances of the crime. On Young’s testimony-alone, together with a few supporting facts, such as previous…
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