HOBBS v. STATE

16806.

206 Ga. 94 (1949)

55 S.E.2d 610

HOBBS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 12, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. U. Harden, W. W. Newton, and M. C. Barwick, for plaintiff in error.

Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, George Hains, Solicitor-General, and Rubye G. Jackson, contra.


CANDLER, Justice.

W. R. Hobbs was convicted of the murder of William Anderson, without a recommendation of mercy. His motion for new trial, as amended, was overruled, and he excepted. Held:

1. Special ground one complains because the court charged on the law relating to confessions of guilt. That charge was based on the following testimony of the sheriff: "I brought the defendant back to Waynesboro and put him in jail. The defendant did make statements...

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