Lindsey v. State

May 12, 1900
Reporters:
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Before:
Lumpkin
Lumpkin, P. J.

1. It is too late, after verdict, to complain ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍that the proper questions were not propounded to jurors while they were being examined on their voir dire. See Smith v. State, 63 Ga. 168-9. And were it ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍otherwise, a new trial should not be granted for such a cause when the questions actually propounded were, in substance, the same ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍as those prescribed by the statute, and did not vary therefrom save in immaterial respects as to phraseology.

2. The evidence in this ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍case, though entirely circumstantial, was sufficiently strong and conclusive to warrant a finding that the accused was guilty and to exclude every ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍other reasonable hypothesis.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concurring, except Fish, J., absent.