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84 Ga. 559

Grantham v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 1, 1890

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1890-03-01

Criminal law. Verdict. Before Judge Eort. Schley superior court. April term, 1889. Grantham was tried for assault with intent to murder Mose Porter, and was convicted of stabbing. He moved for a new trial on the grounds that the verdict was contrary to law and unsupported by the evidence. The evidence showed that, while Porter was nailing up a gate, the defendant approached him, cursed him and told him he was going to kill him.

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Decided 1890-03-01

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Simmons, J.

¶1There was sufficient evidence in this case to warrant the verdict of the iury. Judgment affirmed.

Hinton & Cutts, by brief, for plaintiff in error.C. B. Hudson, solicitor-general, for the State.
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