Usher v. State

1. Although evidence when admitted may be objectionable as hearsay, not coming strictly within the res gestae, the irregularity in admitting it is not such as to require a new trial, if the direct facts be proved by another witness whose knowledge of them is personal and immediate, and as whose sayings they were detailed by the other witness. Lovett v. State, 60 Ga. 258 (4); Smith v. State, 24 Ga. App. 654 (101 S. E. 764); Cochran v. Meeks, 25 Ga. App. 61 (2) (102 S. E. 550). Under the above ruling, the alleged error complained of in the amendment to the motion for a new trial does not…