Comer v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for sodomy; from Muscogee superior court — Judge Howard. June 18, 1917.
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, P. J.
1. The offense of sodomy can be committed per os, or otherwise than per anum. Herring v. State, 119 Ga. 709 (46 S. E. 876); White v. State, 136 Ga. 158 (71 S. E. 135), s. c. 9 Ga. App. 307 (71 S. E. 499); Jones v. State, 17 Ga. App. 825 (88 S. E. 712).
2. While criminal statutes must be strictly construed, yet, under the construction given to section 373 of the Penal Code of 1910 by the Supreme Court in Herring v. State and in White v. State, supra, and necessarily ' adopted by this court in White v. State and in Jones v. State, supra, it follows, as a reasonable, logical, and unescapable…
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Herring v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- White v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
- Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
- White v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
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