Calhoun v. State

Almand, Justice.

Under an indictment charging Robert Calhoun with the murder of James McGinty by shooting him with a loaded pistol, Calhoun was found guilty and sentenced to be electrocuted. His motion for new trial, on the general grounds and six special grounds, being overruled, he brings the case here, assigning error on the order denying his motion for new trial.

On the trial, J. H. Potts, a deputy sheriff of Coweta County, testified that about two hours after the shooting of McGinty, he had had a conversation with the defendant, at which time the defendant made a statement freely and…