Meeks v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Jury. Charge of court. Practice in the Supreme Court. New trial. Newly discovered evidence. Before Judge Underwood. Polk Superior Court. February Term, 1876. Meeks was placed on trial for the murder of John McCormick, alleged to have been committed on the 6th of June, 1875. He pleaded not guilty. The evidence made a clear case of murder, and the jury so found.
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Criminal law. Jury. Charge of court. Practice in the Supreme Court. New trial. Newly discovered evidence. Before Judge Underwood. Polk Superior Court. February Term, 1876. Meeks was placed on trial for the murder of John McCormick, alleged to have been committed on the 6th of June, 1875. He pleaded not guilty. The evidence made a clear case of murder, and the jury so found. The defendant moved for a new trial upon the following, among other grounds : 1st. Because the court erred in not giving the law of circumstantial evidence in charge, and in not explaining to the jury their right to find a…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Judge.
We have subjected this record to a careful and thorough scrutiny, and have been unable to discover in it any good reason for granting the prisoner a new trial. He appears to. have been legally convicted, after a full and fair trial, upon evidence not only warranting, but absolutely requiring the verdict. For a sufficiently elaborate presentation of the legaL points ruled by the court, I refer to the head-notes.
Judgment affirmed.
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