Hause v. State

James B. Hause was convicted in the criminal court of Eulton County of the offense of abandonment. His certiorari was overruled and he excepted to that judgment.

On the trial of the ease the prosecution offered as a witness Mrs. Worsham, the mother of the defendant’s wife. On her cross-examination she denied having signed a certain affidavit in the ordinary’s-office in Cobb County, Georgia. Counsel for the defendant then offered for evidence a certified copy of the affidavit (which apparently was signed by her) and stated that it was for the purpose of impeaching the witness. The court held…