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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

In re Harris.
    The identical question made in this case as to the form of the verdict in a case of capital homicide, was ruled in West v. The State, 79 Ga. 773.
    December 18, 1893.
    
      Habeas corpus. Before Judge Falligant. Chatham superior court. December term, 1892.
    "W. E. Morrison, for plaintiff in error.
    
      ~W. W. FraseRi, solicitor-general, contra.
    
   Judgment affirmed.

Upon the trial of an indictment for mnrder, the jury found the prisoner “ guilty of murder, with recommendation to the mei’cy of the court.” After being sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for his life, he brought a petition for habeas corpus, claiming that the sentence was illegal and not warranted by the verdict, as the jury had not recommended imprisonment for life, but should have done so in terms had such been their intention. The writ was dismissed.