Collins v. State

Decided April 14, 1921

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1921-04-14

Indictment for murder. Before Judge Sheppard. .Tattnall superior court. January 14, 1921. The accused, Needham Collins, was convicted of killing his wife, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The evidence was in substance as follows: The accused and his wife lived alone. Early in the morning a neighbor, who was working about three hundred yards distant from the house of the accused, heard a noise as of some one crying.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently July 1939

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Decided 1921-04-14

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Gilbert, J.

¶1The newly discovered evidence is purely impeaching in character, and affords no legal reason for the grant of a new trial. The remaining grounds of the motion for new trial are without merit. The verdict is supported by evidence.

¶2Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur, except