Supreme Court of Georgia, 1903

Rountree v. State

Rountree v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided October 29, 1903 · Turner
118 Ga. 785; 45 S.E. 623; 1903 Ga. LEXIS 701

Rountree v. State

Opinion of the Court

Turner, J.

There was nothing in the evidence warranting a charge upon the ' subject of voluntary manslaughter; the evidence sufficiently established the charge of murder brought against the accused; and the newly discovered evidence was merely cumulative, and not of such a character as to constrain the granting of a new trial. Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.Indictment for murder. Before Judge Evans. Emanuel superior court. August 22, 1903.F. H. Saffold, for plaintiff in error. John C. Hart, attorney-general, and B. T. Rawlings, solicitor-general, contra.

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