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Boswell v. StateBoswell v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia
Apr 17, 1893
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*581 Judgment affirmed.

There was testimony by several -witnesses tending to show a ‍​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‍good character for Jerry Boswell; and by Elias Boswell, tending to show an alibi, and to corroborate Jerry’s statement that ‍​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‍Smith came that night about ten o’clock and called Jerry out of his house, and Jerry went out and, at Smith’s ‍​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‍solicitation, exchanged him a ham for two sacks of flour. Jerry also stated that he was innocent of breaking open the ‍​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‍house and knew nothing about it, and did not know who put that flour m the stable. J. H. Holland, by ‍​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‍brief, for plaintiff in error. IT. Gr. Lewis, solicitor-general, by Hines, Shubrick & Felder, contra.

Case Details

Case Name: Boswell v. State
Court Name: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date Published: Apr 17, 1893
Citations: 92 Ga. 581; 17 S.E. 805
Court Abbreviation: Ga.
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