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EMERSON v. STATE

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90 Ga. App. 323 (1954)

82 S.E.2d 882

EMERSON v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 7, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank D. Holcomb, Harrison E. Allen, for plaintiff in error.

Luther Hames, Jr., Solicitor-General, contra.

TOWNSEND, J.

The amended ground of the motion for new trial recites that, during the argument of counsel, the solicitor-general made the following argument in substance to the jury: that there had been a large number of colored persons before the court during this term for various crimes, and it was the responsibility of the jurors to correct this situation by giving more severe sentences; that it was the duty of the jurors...

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