Howard v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Meadow. Oglethorpe superior court. May 24, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
Hack Howard was tried for the offense of murder, and the jury returned a verdict finding him guilty, with recommendation to mercy of the court; and he was thereupon sentenced to hard labor in the penitentiary for the term of his natural life. His motion for a-new trial having been overruléd, he excepted.
1. On the trial of the case the court admitted, over objection of the defendant’s counsel, the following evidence of T. B. Hansford, a witness for the State: “1 called Joel Bacon, and Joel asked him [Tom Gresham] if he was going to die, and he said he was if they did not do something for him;…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Andrews v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Beach v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1873
- Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Slappey v. SumnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
3Cited by45 opinions
- Timberlake v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Andrews v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Trammell v. ShirleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1928
- Harwell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
- Emmett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
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