Anderson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Murder, in Early Superior Court. Tried before Judge Perkins, September Term, 1853. Jolin Anderson was placed upon his trial, under -an indictment, charging him with the offence of murder.
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Murder, in Early Superior Court. Tried before Judge Perkins, September Term, 1853. Jolin Anderson was placed upon his trial, under -an indictment, charging him with the offence of murder. The Court, in charging the Jury, among other things, after explaining to them the several offences of murder, voluntary and involuntary manslaughter, added that “ The counsel for prisoner had admitted, in argument, that£ the prisoner was guilty of either murder or voluntary manslaughter, and that you are compelled to find him guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and nothing less’; but that was a question for…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Starnes, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] The objection to the charge of the Court is not well taken. It might have been erroneous for the Court to have told the Jury, that the counsel admitted his client Ayas guilty of either murder or voluntary manslaughter, and they must find him guilty of voluntary manslaughter. But this was not the charge made. The record represents the Court as adding, that it Ayas a question for the Jury to decide, from the evi*712deuce, whether he was guilty of murd'er- or voluntary manslaughter, and of what offence he was guilty. And the charge was closed by…
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