Hellyer v. People

John C. Hellyer was indicted'by the grand jury, at the January term, .1900, of Fulton county, for the murder of Cora Peters. The third count of the indictment having been quashed, a trial was had upon the first, second and fourth counts thereof, which resulted in the convic-. tion of the defendant. The jury fixed the punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for twenty-five years. A motion for a new trial was overruled, judgment pronounced upon the verdict, proper exceptions taken, and a writ of error sued out from this court to reverse such judgment.

The first count of the indictment…