Brooks v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Hutchins. ■ Jackson superior court. August term, 1897. ' Grady Reynolds and Addison Brooks were indicted for the murder of M. O. Hunt. Upon the trial of Brooks he was found guilty, and a new trial having been denied, he excepted. There was testimony showing a full confession of the crime by each of the accused at different times and places, corroborated by numerous circumstances.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Hutchins. ■ Jackson superior court. August term, 1897. ' Grady Reynolds and Addison Brooks were indicted for the murder of M. O. Hunt. Upon the trial of Brooks he was found guilty, and a new trial having been denied, he excepted. There was testimony showing a full confession of the crime by each of the accused at different times and places, corroborated by numerous circumstances. Reynolds appeared as a witness for the State, and gave a detailed and circumstantial account of the commission of the murder and of the events preceding and following the same. The…
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
The plaintiff in error was put on trial under a hill of indictment which charged one Grady Reynolds and himself with the murder of M. C. Hunt. One of the counts in the indictment charged Reynolds as principal, and the plaintiff in error as accessory before the fact. The indictment was full and set out in legal form all the averments necessary, and to it no exception was made.
1. The plaintiff in error being so on trial, it was necessary under the rules of law, in order to support the charge that the plaintiff in error was guilty as accessory before the fact, that the guilt of the person…
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