Case ID: ga_62/html/0167-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Wilson vs. The State of Georgia.
    Upon an indictment charging, in one count, an assault with intent to murder, and in another count, unlawful stabbing not done in self-defense or under other circumstances of justification, the verdict was, “ "We the jury find the prisoner guilty of the offense of stabbing.” The prisoner moved in arrest of judgment, insisting that the verdict was special and not general; that it did not find all the issues involved; and that a verdict for stabbing, without negativing self-defense or other justification, does not find any crime or misdemeanor for which sentence can be pronounced. That all the issues were disposed of, see 58 Qa., 200 ; and that the verdict, construed in connection with the indictment, was sufficient, see 51 Qa., 144.
    Bleckley, Justice.
    J. L. Hardeman ; Elias Herman, for plaintiff in error,
    cited for reversal: 55 Ga., 191; 58 lb., 546; 38 lb., 117; 1 Bish. O. P., 378, 379, 677, 833; 2 Green Or. Law Rep., 91, 250, 251, 748; 1 Ohit. O. L., 643; Hopkins P. L., 5L8; 28 Ga., 367; 3 lb., 417; 31 lb., 206; 32 lb., 251; Code, various sections.
    O. L. Bartlett, solicitor general, for the state,
    cited for affirmance : Code §4369; 51 Ga., 144; 25 lb., 396.