Supreme Court of Georgia, 1886

Sewell v. State

Sewell v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided July 1, 1886 · Hall
1 Ga. L. Rep. 422

Sewell v. State

Opinion of the Court

Hall, J.

The evidence in this case was ample to sustain the conviction, and there was no error in the charge that if the prisoner fled,, his flight was a circumstance that could be considered by the jury in *423•determining his guilt, unless it was shown to be from another cause •than from a sense of guilt, or was otherwised explained. 20 Ga., 156, 166; 26 Id., 276, 281; 63 Id., 170.

J. J. Bull; J. H. Worrill, for plaintff in error. Thos. W. Grimes, solicitor general, by J. M. McNeill, for the state.

Judgment affirmed.

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