Burnsed v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for murder; from Bulloch superior court — Judge Bawlings. April 27, 1914. ■Deal & Renfroe, J. J. E. Anderson, IF. E. Slater, Hines & Jordan, for plaintiff in error.
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, C. J.
H. C. Burnsed was jointly indicted with his father, Edmund C. Burnsed, for the murder of Earris Davis. The defendants were jointly tried, and the trial resulted in the acquittal of Edmund C. Burnsed, while H. C. Burnsed was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. He excepts to the judgment overruling his motion for a new trial.
The evidence would have authorized the conviction of H. C. Burnsed; but since the ve'rdict finding him guilty of voluntary manslaughter is not demanded by the evidence, and the homicide might have been justified in consonance with the principle, well stated by the…
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