Nelson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of violating automobile law; from city court of Oglethorpe— Judge Greer. February 28, 1921.
1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.
The accusation in this case is based upon section 2 of an act approved August. 20, 1918 (Ga. L. 1918, p. 200), and charges that the accused operated an automobile on a public highway in Macon county “without having two bright lights burning on same throwing a light at least fifty feet ahead during the period between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise.” The trial resulted in a verdict of guilty. A motion for a new trial was overruled, and the movant excepted.
1. The judge did not err in failing to give in charge to the jury § 40 of the Penal Code of 1910, which is as follows: “ A…
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