Lewis v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Murder. Charge of court. Evidence. Before Judge Miller. Bibb superior court. November term, 1891. Lewis was charged with the murder of his wife, and ■was found guilty. His motion for new trial was overruled, and lie excepted.
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Criminal law. Murder. Charge of court. Evidence. Before Judge Miller. Bibb superior court. November term, 1891. Lewis was charged with the murder of his wife, and ■was found guilty. His motion for new trial was overruled, and lie excepted. Besides the general grounds, the motion alleges the following : "When the defendant’s counsel was questioning Mrs. Billon, one of the witnesses for the State, in regard to her home, and endeavoring to show the character of the testimony before the jury, and asked her if she were at home wherever her hat was, and she replied, “ No sir, I do not think that is…
1Opinion of the Court
*95 Judgment reversed.
"When the defendant’s counsel was questioning Mrs. Billon, one of the witnesses for the State, in regard to her home, and endeavoring to show the character of the testimony before the jury, and asked her if she were at home wherever her hat was, and she replied, “ No sir, I do not think that is the case at all,” the court remarked, “I do not think that is a proper examination.” Befendant contends that this remark had a bad effect, and went to prejudice the jury against him, that the answer of the witness as to her home had been of a character such as to suggest the question…
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