Morakes v. State

John Morakes, John Patros, and Nick Morakes were tried in the superior court of Morgan county under an indictment charging them with the murder, on the 9th day of June, 1923, of one Jim Morakes. The jury trying the case returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation. The defendants made a motion for new trial, which was overruled, and they excepted.

*115It is charged in the indictment that the accused killed the decedent by striking him with a blunt instrument, thereby inflicting upon him a mortal wound. The body of Jim Morakes was found near Columbia, S. C., four or five days after the day…