PETERS v. THE STATE

18805.

211 Ga. 370 (1955)

86 S.E.2d 106

PETERS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 16, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ballard & Epstein, W. D. Ballard, for plaintiff in error.

Roy Leathers, Solicitor-General, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Rubye G. Jackson, contra.


WYATT, Presiding Justice.

S. F. Peters was charged in Newton Superior Court with the crime of murder. The jury upon the trial returned a verdict of guilty with a recommendation to mercy. His motion for new trial was duly denied. The exception here is to that judgment. The evidence adduced by the State showed substantially as follows: The defendant and the deceased were living together apparently as man and wife. On the night of the alleged crime, H. M. Knight was...

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