Jim v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder, in Lee Superior Court. Tried before Judge Perkins; Juno Term, 1854. Jim, (a' slave) stood indicted for the murder of a white man, Ms overseer.
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Indictment for murder, in Lee Superior Court. Tried before Judge Perkins; Juno Term, 1854. Jim, (a' slave) stood indicted for the murder of a white man, Ms overseer. A motion was made for a continuance, on the ground that the excitement and prejudice in the public mind was so great that he eould not go safely to trial; this being the first term of the indictment, and the alleged offence being committed in January, 1854. This motion was supported by the statement of counsel in their place, and the testimony of four disinterested citizens of the county. The Court refused the motion, and counsel…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Starnes J.,
delivering the opinion.
[1.] The first point presented for our consideration, arises-out of the motion to continue, because of the excitement and prejudice, in the public mind, against the prisoner. The crime was charged to have been committed in January, 1854, and the case came on for trial at the July Term ensuing, of the Superior Court in Lee county. The prisoner had been confined in jail, and had not had the assistance of any one, in preparing himself for trial; and as his master had failed to give *538him any assistance for this purpose, it was insisted, that whatever…
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