Manning v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Hutcheson. Newton superior court. July 30, 1921. At the March term, 1921, of Newton superior court, John S. Williams and Clyde Manning were jointly indicted for the murder of Lindsey Peterson. The homicide was alleged to have been committed “ by tying a chain about the neck of said Lindsey Peterson and weighting the body with a certain sack full of rocks and drowning the said Lindsey Peterson in Yellow River.”
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Hutcheson. Newton superior court. July 30, 1921. At the March term, 1921, of Newton superior court, John S. Williams and Clyde Manning were jointly indicted for the murder of Lindsey Peterson. The homicide was alleged to have been committed “ by tying a chain about the neck of said Lindsey Peterson and weighting the body with a certain sack full of rocks and drowning the said Lindsey Peterson in Yellow River.” Williams was tried and convicted; and the judgment-was affirmed by this court. Williams v. State, 152 Ga. 498 (110 S. E. 286). Subsequently Manning…
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. The first twelve grounds of the amendment to the motion for new trial deal with the admission, over the objection of the defendant, of evidence of the commission of other homicides by the defendant. The objections to the admission of this evidence were (a) that such evidence was irrelevant, immaterial, and inadmissible, and (5) because there was no general scheme or plan shown by the State, under which these other homicides and the one for which the defendant was tried were committed, and this evidence was not so connected up as to show that there was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mann v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Futch v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
- Green v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
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