Rawlins v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Mitchell. Lowndes superior court. May 24, 1906. Milton, Leonard, and Jesse Bawlins, brothers, and Alf Moore were indicted for the offense of murder; and J. G. Bawlins, their father, and Frank Turner were indicted as accessories before the fact. All were found guilty. Each of them except Alf Moore moved for a new trial, and upon a refusal of it each excepted and brought his case to this court.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Mitchell. Lowndes superior court. May 24, 1906. Milton, Leonard, and Jesse Bawlins, brothers, and Alf Moore were indicted for the offense of murder; and J. G. Bawlins, their father, and Frank Turner were indicted as accessories before the fact. All were found guilty. Each of them except Alf Moore moved for a new trial, and upon a refusal of it each excepted and brought his case to this court. In each case, except that of Turner, the judgment was affirmed. The cases were carried to the Supreme Court of the United States, where the judgment of this court was…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the facts.) We were requested to review the decision made when these same movants, with others, were plaintiffs in error after their former motions for new trial had *99been overruled. Rawlins v. State, 124 Ga. 31. This, of course, •can not be done. What was then decided is the’ law of this case as to the points then involved. The brief of counsel for plaintiff in •error also requests the review and overruling of the case of Statham v. State, 86 Ga. 331, 333. The ruling there made is as follows: ■“The evidence being sufficient to connect the defendant with the ■offense charged…
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