Price v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Indictment. Practice in City Court. Verdict. Before Judge Clark. City Court of Atlanta. March Term, 1881. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
The plaintiff in error was charged with vagrancy, found guilty, and moved for a new trial which was refused, and he excepted.
The first ground in his motion is based upon the allegation, that there is no charge in the affidavit, nor accusation upon which to find a verdict or judgment of guilty of vagrancy, the same failing to charge that he had no property with which to support himself.
*724The defect relied upon arises from the omission to rename the defendant by the use .of .the pronoun himself, and again in not re-stating his name ;where each should have occurred. The affidavit…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jordan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Simmons v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
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