Cummings v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Nichols, Presiding Judge.
The defendant was tried and convicted of the offense of possessing non-tax-paid whisky. Error is assigned on the judgment of the trial court overruling the defendant’s motion for new trial based on the usual general grounds and one special ground. Held:
1. Where oral testimony is admitted over objection a ground of a motion for new trial assigning error thereon is incomplete where the name of the witness is not shown. Hunter v. State, 148 Ga. 566 (97 SE 523); Childers v. State, 100 Ga. App. 255, 259 (110 SE2d 697). Accordingly, the one special ground of the defendant’s…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hunter v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
- Childers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1959
- Gilder v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
- Ridley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1956