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BRANTLEY v. GEORGIA

No. 692.

217 U.S. 284 (1910)

BRANTLEY v. STATE OF GEORGIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 11, 1910.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John Randolph Cooper for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John C. Hart, Attorney General of the State of Georgia, for defendant in error, submitted.

PER CURIAM:

Brantley was indicted in the Superior Court of Washington County, Georgia, charged with the offense of murder; was tried and found guilty of voluntary manslaughter; filed a motion for new trial, and upon appeal to the state Court of Appeals obtained a reversal of the judgment, and a new trial was ordered.

At the second trial he filed a plea of former jeopardy, claiming that he had been tried for murder, and having been found guilty of a lesser...

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