Case ID: ga_114/html/0030-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "'Lewis, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Allen v. The State.
    Argued October 7,
    Decided November 5, 1901.
    Indictment for murder. Before Judge Felton, Bibb superior court. June 3, 1901.
    
      M. G. Bayne and B. D. Feagin, for plaintiff in error. •
    
      J. M. Terrell, attorney-general, and William Brunson, solicitor-general, contra.
   'Lewis, J.

The evidence, though not absolutely clear and convincing, was sufficient to sustain the conviction of the accused, and the Supreme Court will therefore not disturb the judgment of the court below overruling the motion for new trial, which was based only on the general grounds that the verdict was contrary to law and the evidence.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concurring.