Jabaley v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of misdemeanor; from city court of LaGrange — Judge Duke Davis. September 11, 1920. The accused was charged with assault and battery upon a certain woman.
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Accusation of misdemeanor; from city court of LaGrange — Judge Duke Davis. September 11, 1920. The accused was charged with assault and battery upon a certain woman. She testified, that she was working in his store as a milliner, and was in the rear part of the store, trimming and shaping a hat, when he came to her from the front of the store and showed how he wished the hat to be finished, after which he caught her by the arm, “mashed” her arm three times, leaned his face over close to hers, and said, “ Give me some sugar; ” that they were alone, and she was frightened by what he had done,…
1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.
1. The only ground of the amefidment to *79the motion for a new trial alleges error in the refusal of the judge to declare a mistrial “because of certain statements and improper remarks made to the jury ” by one of the attorneys for the prosecution. For two reasons this court is not called upon to consider this ground of the motion.
(а) The statement of the trial judge in connection with this ground amounts to a disapproval thereof. “ If the judge approve the ground of the amendment without more, this is a sufficient approval, but an express approval with certain added qualifications is not an…
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