Williams v. State
| Decision Date | 09 September 1943 |
| Docket Number | 14603. |
| Citation | 26 S.E.2d 926,196 Ga. 503 |
| Parties | WILLIAMS v. STATE. |
| Court | Georgia Supreme Court |
Robert Williams was indicted for the murder of Zennie Lee Holland Williams. They were husband and wife, but had separated. On the night of the killing the deceased was at the home of her uncle. After she and her aunt had gone to bed, a fire started in the basement of the house. They got out of bed and went down to put out the fire. The deceased was throwing the burning sacks from under the house. The aunt testified that while standing near by, she heard a gun fire. She heard the deceased cry out, 'Oh, Robert.' The witness did not see the defendant, but concluded from what the deceased said that it was Robert Williams, the defendant for she said that the defendant and deceased had separated she having told the witness that he stabbed and beat her. The sheriff and a bailiff testified that upon arresting the defendant he voluntarily confessed to them that he shot his wife, and told them where he got the gun and where to find it, and took them to where he had thrown it after the shooting, and found it for them.
The accused made the following statement on the trial:
He was convicted, without a recommendation. He moved for a new trial, on the general grounds, and on two grounds as follows (1) (2) 'The court omitted to charge the jury that to warrant a conviction on circumstantial evidence, the proved facts must not only be consistent with the hypothesis of guilt, but must exclude every...
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