Thompson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for mnrder. Before Judge Terrell. Troup superior court. June 33, 1917.
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
John Thompson and Walter Eastridge were jointly indicted for the murder of W. B. Shirey. Thompson was placed on trial, and a verdict of guilty was rendered against him, without recommendation. He made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and he excepted.
*7461. The first special ground of the motion complains that there was no evidence in the case to authorize the charge of the court on the law applicable to a principal in the second degree, and that the charge given was calculated to confuse and mislead the jury, and was therefore harmful and prejudicial to the defendant. The charge…
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