Thomas v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Jurors. Evidence. Witness. Practice in Superior Court. New Trial. Before Judge SIMMONS. ..Bibb Superior Court. April Term, 1881. Thomas was indicted for the- murder of one Nancy Dykes, alias Puss Edge. On the trial the following facts, in brief, appeared from the testimony: The defendant and deceased had lived together as husband and wife for a considerable length of time, and he staid almost nightly at her house.
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Criminal Law. Jurors. Evidence. Witness. Practice in Superior Court. New Trial. Before Judge SIMMONS. ..Bibb Superior Court. April Term, 1881. Thomas was indicted for the- murder of one Nancy Dykes, alias Puss Edge. On the trial the following facts, in brief, appeared from the testimony: The defendant and deceased had lived together as husband and wife for a considerable length of time, and he staid almost nightly at her house. She became jealous of his attentions to another woman, and quarrels ensued, in the course of which he struck her and threatened to kill her. On the night of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
The defendant was convicted of murder on circumstantial evidence and sentenced, under the verdict of the jury, *463to the penitentiary, for life. A motion was made for a new trial, it was denied and its denial on all the grounds taken in'the motion is the error assigned.
1. It being in proof that the commissioners for the selection of traverse jurors, as intelligent and upright citizens, acted honestly and according to law, and their integrity being conceded by defendant, the challenge to the array, based apparently upon the fact that but few colored men were selected and…
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