Georgia Court of Appeals, 1918

Swann v. State

Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided December 3, 1918 · Broyles

23 Ga. App. 131; 97 S.E. 564; 1918 Ga. App. LEXIS 86

Opinion of the Court

Broyles, P. J.

1. The first ground of the amendment to the motion for a new trial, being expressly disapproved by the trial judge, can not be considered.

2. The charge of the court upon the doctrine of reasonable doubt was sufficiently full. '

3. None of the other instructions excepted to, when viewed in the light of the charge as a whole, contains material error.

4. The alleged newly discovered evidence was cumulative and was not of such a character as would probably cause a different verdict upon another trial.

5. Under the facts of the case the other special grounds of the motion for a new trial are without merit.

*132Decided December 3, 1918.

Conviction of manslaughter; from Meriwether superior court— Judge Terrell. July 10, 1918.

N. F. Culpepper, McLaughlin & Jones, W. I. Heyward, H. A. Allen, for plaintiff in error. C. E. Roop, solicitor-general, contra.

6. The verdict was amply authorized by the evidence, and the court did not err in overruling the motion for a new trial.

Judgment affirmed.

Bloodworth, J., concurs. Stephens, J., not presiding.

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