Brown v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Tndietment for Forgery- and Counterfeiting. Motion .for new trial. In Chatham Superior Court. 'Tried before Judge Fleming, at January Term, 1859. The facts of this case will be found-sufficiently stated in the-bill of exceptions, which was as follows, viz: State of Georgia, 1 Be it remembered, that at the Chatham County, / January Term,-1859, of Chatham Superior Court, his Honor William B. Fleming, one o'f the Judges of the Superior Courts of said State, presiding, -the…
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Tndietment for Forgery- and Counterfeiting. Motion .for new trial. In Chatham Superior Court. 'Tried before Judge Fleming, at January Term, 1859. The facts of this case will be found-sufficiently stated in the-bill of exceptions, which was as follows, viz: State of Georgia, 1 Be it remembered, that at the Chatham County, / January Term,-1859, of Chatham Superior Court, his Honor William B. Fleming, one o'f the Judges of the Superior Courts of said State, presiding, -the cause of Xhe-State^of .Georgia-vs. ^William then and there pending, on the criminal side of said Court,: being a prosecution…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court
Stephens, J.,
delivering the opinion.
The main question in this case is, whether or not a new trial ought to have been granted on account of the relationship of the juror, Bussell, to the prosecutor, the fact not being known to the accused, nor to his counsel, till after conviction. There is no question whether the relationship disqualifies the juror. That is conceded, but it is said there was no diligence used to find out the fact at the right time. It is said that the act of 1856, page 230 of the pamp’t, 1855 and 1856, provides a time when the accused may ascertain causes of…
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