Byrd v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Confessions. Accomplice. Evidence. Before Judge Harris. Campbell Superior Court. August Term, 1881. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Speer, Justice.
Byrd was charged with the offence of larceny from the house. On a trial he was found guilty by the jury. A motion for new trial was made, which was overruled, and he excepted. The grounds of the motion were:
(1.) The admission in evidence of certain acts and conduct of one Tom Betts, who was charged as an accomplice and principal in said offence.
(2.) The admission in evidence of certain confessions of Byrd, the accused, given in under the circumstances detailed in the record.
(3.) Exceptions to certain portions of the charge of the court as given to the jury on the trial.
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