Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Hutcheson. Newton superior court. May 7, 1921. During the March term, 1921, of Newton superior court John S. Williams and Clyde Manning were jointly indicted for the alleged murder of Lindsey Peterson, on March 19, 1921, previously to the finding of the bill, by weighting his body with a sack of rocks and drowning him in Yellow River, in that county.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Hutcheson. Newton superior court. May 7, 1921. During the March term, 1921, of Newton superior court John S. Williams and Clyde Manning were jointly indicted for the alleged murder of Lindsey Peterson, on March 19, 1921, previously to the finding of the bill, by weighting his body with a sack of rocks and drowning him in Yellow River, in that county. The State, on the trial, elected to exercise its right of severance, and placed the defendant, John S. Williams, separately on trial. He was found guilty, and, on recommendation of the jury in their verdict,…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. One ground of the motion for a new trial contains the entire testimony of Clyde Manning, a State’s witness, and jointly indicted with the defendant on trial, John S. Williams, relating to the homicides of Harry Price, nicknamed “ Foots,” Johnnie Williams, John Brown, called “Bed,” “Little Bit,” “Big John,” Johnnie Green, Willie Givens, Charlie Chisholm, and Fletcher Smith. All of such testimony, as it appears in the brief of evidence in the case, is set forth literally in this ground. The material substance of it is exhibited in the statement of facts…
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