Case Name: King v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1902-11-13
Citations: 116 Ga. 563
Docket Number: 
Parties: King v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concurring, except Lumpkin, P. J., absent, and Candler, J., not presiding.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 116
Pages: 563–563

Head Matter:
King v. The State.
Argued October 21,
Decided November 13, 1902.
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Candler. Fulton superior court. July 15,1902.
James E. Warren and Claude C. Smith, for plaintiff in error.
Boykin Wright, attorney-general, and C. J). Hill, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Cobb, J.
The motion for a new trial was upon the general grounds only. The evidence, though circumstantial, was sufficient to warrant the verdict, and the discretion of the trial judge, exercised in overruling the motion for a new trial, will not be controlled.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concurring, except Lumpkin, P. J., absent, and Candler, J., not presiding.