Freeman v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Felton. Bibb superior court. September 17, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Wiley Freeman was indicted by the grand jury of Bibb county, for tbe murder of James Dean. Upon the trial of the case, the jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation for life imprisonment; whereupon the accused moved for a new trial, and excepts to the judgment overruling his motion.
1. One ground in the motion for a new trial is, that the court erred in not charging on the subject of impeaching witnesses by proving bad character; in other words,in not charging section 1027 of the Penal Code. Upon examining the record we fail to find in it any effort to formally impeach a witness…
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