Pound v. State

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Year

1871

Citation

43 Ga. 88

Jurisdiction

Georgia

Court

Supreme Court of Georgia

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David Pound, plaintiff in error vs. The State of Georgia, defendant in error

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This text was AI generated. Please validate for authenticity. In a murder trial arising from a fatal shooting in Hancock County, Georgia, in February 1867, David Pound was found guilty of killing John E. Harrison after a confrontation in a lane, with the jury rejecting Pound's claim of justifiable homicide and determining that he intentionally shot Harrison while Harrison was partially on a fence.

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