Morgan v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of sale of liquor; from Polk superior court — Judge Davis. May 3, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtWade, J.
1. The first ground of the amendment to the motion for a new trial complains that the court erred in permitting the solicitor to lead one of the State’s witnesses, and that in so doing the court made the following remark: “You can lead the witness, he seems to be an unwilling witness, and I will allow you to lead him.” It is within the sound discretion of the trial judge to permit leading questions to be propounded to a witness, or he may sustain objections thereto, as the ends of justice and the ascertainment of the truth seem to require. Penal Code, § 1045; Peterson v. State. 6 Ga. App.…
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