Young v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
New trial. Criminal law. Attorney and client. Witness. Evidence. Practice in the Superior Court. Before Judge LESTER. Cobb Superior Court. November Term, 1879. The following, taken in connection with the decision, sufficiently reports this case: Young, a colored man, was indicted for the rape of one Mary Bell, who appears to have been a white prostitute. On the trial, he was found guilty.
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New trial. Criminal law. Attorney and client. Witness. Evidence. Practice in the Superior Court. Before Judge LESTER. Cobb Superior Court. November Term, 1879. The following, taken in connection with the decision, sufficiently reports this case: Young, a colored man, was indicted for the rape of one Mary Bell, who appears to have been a white prostitute. On the trial, he was found guilty. He moved for a new trial on the grounds stated in the decison, which was refused, and he excepted. In connection with the second ground of error alleged, it may be stated that the prosecutrix testified that…
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
The plaintiff in error was charged with rape, found guilty, moved for a new trial which was refused, and he excepted. The grounds upon which his counsel relied before this court were:
1. That the verdict was contrary to law, and contrary to evidence.
2. Because the court erred in not allowing counsel for defendant to ask Mary Bell, if she did not tell A. S. Clay, Esq., on the fourteenth day of May, 1879, that the man who committed the rape upon her was a tall, large negro, with high cheek bones.
3. Because the solicitor-general was allowed in his concluding argument to say to…
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