Jones v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Practice in the Superior Court. Practice in the Supreme Court. Before Judge Crisp. Lee Superior Court. March Term, 1879. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
The defendant was indicted for the offense of murder, and charged in the indictment as principal in the second degree, Jackson Sellers being charged in the same indictment as principal in the first degree. The defendant, Jones, was tried separately, and was found guilty as principal in the second degree. A motion was made for a new trial on several grounds, which was overruled, and the defendant excepted.
One of the grounds of the motion was that the verdict was contrary to law and contrary to the evidence. Upon looking through the entire evidence in the record as…
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