Campbell v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Mitchell. Berrien superior court. May 15, 1905. Nancy Campbell' was indicted for the murder of her husband, Alex. Campbell, charged to have been committed'on the 14th day of January, 1905. ’ The evidence introduced on the trial was en-' tirely circumstantial. She was convicted, moved for a new trial, and, after refusal of the motion, excepted.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) 1. A witness was allowed to testify in regard to the contents of certain letters, lie , stated that they were lost or destroyed, and what was the substance of them,- but said that he did not know what they contained *‘word for word.” Objection was made to this evidence/ *535on the ground that the' witness was allowed to testify to a part of the contents of the letters when he could not recollect all of them. There is plainly no merit in this objection.
2. Objection was made to permitting a witness to testify that he heard a conversation, “ along in the fall, ”…
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