Woolfolk v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Evidence. Bes gestae. Practice in superior court. Declarations. Conduct of trial. Jury and jurors. Before Judge Gustin. Bibb superior court.
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Criminal law. Evidence. Bes gestae. Practice in superior court. Declarations. Conduct of trial. Jury and jurors. Before Judge Gustin. Bibb superior court. May term, 1888. No report additional to that contained in the decision is necessary, except to state the ground for new trial referred to in the fifth division thereof, as follows: (9) The court erred in admitting the following testimony of Dannenberg, and in afterwards refusing, on motion, to rule it out: “ In 1885, he rented a store that was occupied by L. J. Lippincott & Co. I was the partner. He rented it and paid me the rent. He says,…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
It appears from the record in this ease that, on the night of the 6th of August, 1887, Richard E. Woolfolk his wife and six children, and Mrs. West were murdered. The defendant, Thomas G. Woolfolk, was indicted for the murder of his father, Richard E. Wool-folk, and was tried and convicted. Pie moved for a new trial on numerous grounds. Plis motion for a new trial was overruled by the court, and he excepted. As the case is to be remanded for a new trial, it is unnecessary for us to consider many of the grounds set out in the motion, such as the overruling of the motion for a…
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