Webb v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Wright. Floyd superior court. January 8, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
1. The court instructed the jury: “If it should appear that the name of the party killed, the deceased, was spelled Welsh, instead of Welch, or vice versa, these two words are idem sonans in law, and therefore it is immaterial whether his name in this indictment is spelled properly or improperly, so far as that feature of the case is concerned.” There was no error in this instruction. The law does not regard the spelling of names so much as their pronunciation or sound. Under the doctrine of idem sonans, if two names, although spelled differently, sound alike, they are to ’be regarded as the…
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