Troup v. State

Dec 2, 1915
7002
Reporters:
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Before:
Broyles
Broyles, J.

1. Upon the trial of an indictment for any offense, the jury may, if ‍‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍the evidence warrants it, find the accused guilty of an attempt to commit such an onense, though no special count in the indictment charges such attempt. Penal Code, § 1061; Reynolds v. State, 1 Ga. 222; Smith v. State, 126 Ga. 544 ‍‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍(55 S. E. 475).

2. There being no statute of limitations as to the offense, of murder, on; *388charged with that crime may be found guilty of assault with intent to ‍‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍murder, although the indictment charging the offense of murder is returned twenty-one years after the commission of the alleged offense. Reynolds v. State, supra; Clark v. State, 12 Ga. 350; Wall v. State, 75 Ga. 474 (2); Jinks v. State, 114 Ga. 430 (1), 431 (40 S. E. 320).

Decided December 2, ‍‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍1915. Conviction of assault with intent to murder; from Wheeler superior court — Judge Graham. October 4, 1915. O. M. Dulce, for plaintiff in error. W. A. Wooten, solicitor-general, contra.

3. Eor the reasons given ‍‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‍above, the court did not err in overruling the motion in arrest of judgment. Judgment affirmed. -