Hodgkins v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Assault and battery. Evidence. "Witness. Practice. Charge of court. Sentence. Before Judge Ross. City court of Macon. September term, 1891. Conviction of assault and battery; new trial denied. The special grounds are as follows: 1. The testimony showed that the defendant is a white man and that the prosecutor, Hester, the person alleged to have been assaulted and beaten, is a negro.
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Criminal law. Assault and battery. Evidence. "Witness. Practice. Charge of court. Sentence. Before Judge Ross. City court of Macon. September term, 1891. Conviction of assault and battery; new trial denied. The special grounds are as follows: 1. The testimony showed that the defendant is a white man and that the prosecutor, Hester, the person alleged to have been assaulted and beaten, is a negro. There was some effort to impeach the prosecutor as a witness; and in rebuttal the State introduced Morgan, Burr and Powers, each of whom testified that they had known Hester for several years. Morgan…
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment affirmed.
Criminal law. Assault and battery. Evidence. "Witness. Practice. Charge of court. Sentence. Before Judge Ross. City court of Macon. September term, 1891. Conviction of assault and battery; new trial denied. The special grounds are as follows: 1. The testimony showed that the defendant is a white man and that the prosecutor, Hester, the person alleged to have been assaulted and beaten, is a negro. There was some effort to impeach the prosecutor as a witness; and in rebuttal the State introduced Morgan, Burr and Powers, each of whom testified that they had known Hester for…
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