Hoxie v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Henry. Floyd superior court. July term, 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, P. J.
Upon a trial in the superior court of Floyd county, Jim Hoxie was convicted of the murder of John Weems, and by bill of exceptions assigns error upon the overruling of a motion for a new trial.
1. The theory of the State was that the accused, finding the deceased in a room with the concubine of the former under circumstances indicating that they had been engaged or were about to engage in illicit intercourse, shot and killed the deceased in a fit of jealous rage. In support of this theory the State was permitted to introduce testimony to the effect that immediately after the homicide the…
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