Ray v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Murder, in Houston Superior Court. Tried before Judge Powers, October Term, 1853. George W. Ray was placed upon his trial, under an indictment, for the murder of William E. Taylor.
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Murder, in Houston Superior Court. Tried before Judge Powers, October Term, 1853. George W. Ray was placed upon his trial, under an indictment, for the murder of William E. Taylor. The testimony, submitted, was as follows: Jesse Cooper sworn, says: On the 5th day of last February,, I saw George Ray run up and caught old man Taylor’s lead' horse by the bridle; this happened in Houston county, and State of Georgia; the prisoner at the bar is the man; he was ■ cursing of Taylor for breaking his buggy, Taylor said if he-broke it he broke it accidentally, and would pay him for it; Ray erased him…
1Opinion of the Court
*241 By the Court.
Starnes, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] The charge which was asked for by the counsel for the prisoner in this case, and which was refused by the Court, was not in apt and accurate words, for purposes of instruction to the Jury. The modification made by the Court, was judicious ; and the charge as given, so far as we can tell from the record, was not exceptionable.
[2.] Upon consideration of the motion for a new trial, affidavits were presented, showing that Samuel Gunn, one of the Jurors who had tried the case, had previously expressed opinions unfavorable to the prisoner; and…
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