Supreme Court of Georgia, 1901

Britt v. State

Britt v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided January 25, 1901 · Cobb
112 Ga. 583; 37 S.E. 886; 1901 Ga. LEXIS 15

Britt v. State

Opinion of the Court

Cobb, J.

1. The exercise of due diligence on the part of the accused and his counsel would have enabled them to discover before the jury was empanelled that two of the jurors selected to try the case were members of the grand jury that found the bill. See Jones v. State, 95 Ga. 497.

2. The evidence fully warranted the verdict, and the court did not err in refusing to grant a new trial. Judgment affirmed,.

All the Justices concurring.

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