Stevenson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Indictment. New-Trial. Jurors. Before Judge ERWIN. Gwinnett Superior Court. March Term, 1882. Elbert M. Stevenson was indicted for the murder of Selina C. Stevenson. On the trial the evidence for the state was, in brief, as follows: The deceased was shot with a gun. Before her death, defendant was arrested for the crime, and on the committing trial she testified substantially as follows: She was forty-five or forty-six years of age, and defendant was younger.
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Criminal Law. Indictment. New-Trial. Jurors. Before Judge ERWIN. Gwinnett Superior Court. March Term, 1882. Elbert M. Stevenson was indicted for the murder of Selina C. Stevenson. On the trial the evidence for the state was, in brief, as follows: The deceased was shot with a gun. Before her death, defendant was arrested for the crime, and on the committing trial she testified substantially as follows: She was forty-five or forty-six years of age, and defendant was younger. Three or four years prior to the killing, he had made improper proposals to her, and upon her rejecting them, had said…
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice. .
The errors complained of in this case are:
(x.) That the verdict is contrary to law and evidence.
(2.) That the court erred in permitting McGee and Terry,witnesses for the prosecution, to give in evidence to the jury the sayings of the deceased, charging the prisoner with the commission of the crime, the more especially as. the sworn testimony of the deceased taken-on the committing trial had been previoüsly admitted.
(3.) That the court erred in allowing the witnesses, William Davis and William Davis, jr., to give in evidence to the jury the sayings of Lovick Stevenson, in…
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