Legal Opinion

Killabrew v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 27, 1921No. 11899PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Indictment for assault with intent to murder — conviction of stabbing; from Marion superior court — Judge Howard. September 11, 1900. According to the evidence, the defendant cut Sid Caldwell with a knife, in the home of Ada Breedlove. It was testified for the State that Caldwell was not doing anything to the defendant when this occurred, but that they had a difficulty and " some words ” about some whisky.

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Indictment for assault with intent to murder — conviction of stabbing; from Marion superior court — Judge Howard. September 11, 1900. According to the evidence, the defendant cut Sid Caldwell with a knife, in the home of Ada Breedlove. It was testified for the State that Caldwell was not doing anything to the defendant when this occurred, but that they had a difficulty and " some words ” about some whisky. It was testified in behalf of the defendant that Caldwell went into Ada Breedlove’s home and was drunk and had an open razor in his hand and threatened to kill her and others,, that she…

1Opinion of the CourtLuke, J.

1. In the trial of a criminal case, where there was evidence tending to show that the alleged offense was committed in the home of one of the defendant’s witnesses, an unmarried woman, that the house was rented by the witness, was occupied regularly by her and her unmarried sister and occasionally by other women, and was frequented by men, that the occupants had no known and visible means of support, that the witness and her sister had each given birth to a bastard child, and the witness herself swore that she did not know who was the father of her own child, the argument of the…

2Cited by12 opinions

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  5. Hightower v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924

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