Case Name: Bell v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1904-07-12
Citations: 120 Ga. 510
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bell v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 120
Pages: 510–511

Head Matter:
Bell v. The State.
Argued June 21,
Decided July 12, 1904.
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Felton. Houstou superior court. June 6,1904.

Opinion:
Simmons, C. J.
1. Where the court has charged the jury that in order to convict one accused of crime they must believe from the testimony beyond a reasonable doubt that he is guilty, a new trial, will not he granted because the court prefaced a later portion of the charge with the words, "If you believe," without adding "from the evidence." No intelligent jury could have been misled by the omission. See 1 Blashfield's Instr. to Juries, § 79.
2. Taken in connection with the entire charge, there was no material error in any of the charges of which complaint is made ; the evidence authorized the verdict; and the court did not abuse its discretion in refusing a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.
Boss & Grace, J. P. Dioncan, and B. E. Brown, for plaintiff in error. John G. Hart, aitorney-general, William Brunson, solicitor-general, and John B. Gooper, contra.