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Gaines v. StateGaines v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia
May 10, 1904
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Amak
I<amak, J.

1. The alleged newly discovered evidence related to facts which were necessarily within the ‍‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‍knowledge of the accused at the time of the trial. Besides there was a want of the showing required by the Civil Code, § 5481.

‘2. At the time of ‍‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‍its introduction the defendant made no objection to the evidence alleged in the motion for a new trial to have been illegally admitted. Such an issue can not be ‍‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‍first raised on review. ,

3. The evidence as to the age of the defendant and his capacity to commit the crime charged was sufficient to sustain the verdict.

4. ‍‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‍The trial judge having approved the finding of the jury, the evidence being sufficient to warrant the verdict of guilty, and there being no assignment of error as ‍‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‍to the charge or any ruling of the court, the judgment is

Affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Gaines v. State
Court Name: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date Published: May 10, 1904
Citations: 120 Ga. 137; 47 S.E. 571; 1904 Ga. LEXIS 462
Court Abbreviation: Ga.
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