Thomas v. State

Decided July 4, 1892

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1892-07-04

Criminal law. Murder. Practice. Yerdict. Before Judge Jenkins. Jasper superior court. March term, 1892. Joe Thomas was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. A new trial was denied, and he excepted. The evidence makes a case of murder, and shows that the killing occurred in December, 1891, at a dancing party in Jasper county. The grounds of the motion for a new trial, besides those alleging that the verdict is contrary to law and evidence, are as follows: 1.

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Decided 1892-07-04

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¶1 *480Judgment affirmed.

3. Other witnesses could have been obtained, as he is informed and believes since the trial, whose names he does not now know and whom he is advised and believes he can have present in the event a new trial is granted.

No affidavits appear to have accompanied the motion. The bill of exceptions states that the counsel for the defendant announced ready.

Pre.ston & Giles, for plaintiff in error.W. A. Little, attorney-general, and H. G. Lewis, solicitor-general, by Hines, Shubricic & Felder, contra.