150 Ga. 611 | Ga. | 1920
John Henry Manuel and Willie Norwood were jointly indicted for the murder of Squire Fambrougli; and the jury trying them returned a verdict of guilty, with recommendation to the mercy of the court. A motion for new trial was made by Manuel, which being overruled, he excepted.
The charge of the court relating to confessions is excepted to on the ground that there was no evidence showing that Manuel made any confession, and therefore there was no evidence upon which to base such a charge. The only evidence of a confession in this case was given by a witness for the State, S. A. Green, while the jury had been sent from the court-room by the court at the request of defendant’s counsel. This witness testified that
The other assignments of error are either controlled by the above ruling, or are without merit.
As the case is to be returned for another hearing, we express no opinion on the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict.
Judgment reversed.