Case Name: English v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1898-07-29
Citations: 105 Ga. 516
Docket Number: 
Parties: English v. The State.
Judges: Atl the Justices concurring, except
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 105
Pages: 516–516

Head Matter:
English v. The State.
Argued July 5,
Decided July 29, 1898.
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Candler. Eulton superior court. May term, 1898.
Arnold & Arnold, for plaintiff in error.
G. D. Hill, solicitor-general, and Arnold & Broyles, contra.

Opinion:
Little, J.
Under the decision of this court in Thomas v. State, 38 Ga. 117, a verdict upon an indictment for murder finding the accused guilty of "involuntary manslaughter" is too vague and uncertain to .support a judgment of any kind. Though complaint of such a verdict was made in a motion for a new trial and not by a motion in arrest of judgment, it was not legitimate to refer either to the evidence •or the charge of the court for the purpose of ascertaining what the verdict really meant.
Judgment reversed.
Atl the Justices concurring, except