Battle v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Hart. Laurens superior court. July term, 1897. Joe Battle was indicted for murder by stabbing Jordan Smith. The jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter; and his motion for a new trial having been overruled, he excepted. The testimony is conflicting and contradictory; but it appears that Battle was a tenant of Smith for the year 1895, and was to pay rent in baled cotton.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Hart. Laurens superior court. July term, 1897. Joe Battle was indicted for murder by stabbing Jordan Smith. The jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter; and his motion for a new trial having been overruled, he excepted. The testimony is conflicting and contradictory; but it appears that Battle was a tenant of Smith for the year 1895, and was to pay rent in baled cotton. On October 1st of that year, a wagon having been loaded with cotton, they disputed as h> where it should be ginned, Smith desiring to have it ginned at Hobbs’s gin, and Baltle…
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
1. The defendant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and made a motion for a new trial. The first three grounds in the motion were what is known as the general-grounds, that the verdict is contrary to the evidence; without evidence; against the evidence; and is contrary to law and the principles of justice. It is not our purpose to detail the evidence in the case. The statement prefixed to this opinion contains in brief a synopsis of the evidence which was had on the trial. From it can not be gathered facts showing that the plaintiff in error was justifiable in taking the life of the…
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