Abney v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Janes. Paulding superior court. February term, 1895. . Jack Abney, "Wyley Abney and I. P. Davis were indicted for the murder of J. L. Williams. Jack Abney was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and his motion for a new trial was overruled.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Janes. Paulding superior court. February term, 1895. . Jack Abney, "Wyley Abney and I. P. Davis were indicted for the murder of J. L. Williams. Jack Abney was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and his motion for a new trial was overruled. The motion contains the following among other grounds: Error in intimating an. opinion to the jury as to what had been proved, namely, that Jack Abney and Davis went to the house of deceased on the Sabbath, carried a gun and loaded it in the presence of deceased; the court charging: “In arriving at a conclusion as to…
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
Under the circumstances disclosed by the record, there was no error in permitting the solicitor-general to ask the witness introduced by him leading questions; nor did the language in the charge of the court of which complaint is made, carefully guarded as it was, amount to an expression or intimation of an opinion upon the evidence or the effect thereof. *188The charge as a whole was full and fair and covered all the substantial issues made in the case. The verdict was fully warranted by the evidence. Judgment affirmed.
July 15, 1895. By two Justices. Indictment for murder. Before Judge Janes.…
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