Montross v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Charge of Court. Practice in Supreme Court. Practice in Superior Court. Statement of Prisoner. Presumptions. Sentence. Before Judge Clark. City Court of Atlanta.
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Criminal Law. Charge of Court. Practice in Supreme Court. Practice in Superior Court. Statement of Prisoner. Presumptions. Sentence. Before Judge Clark. City Court of Atlanta. September Term, 1883. Montross was tried in the city court of Atlanta on an accusation charging him with giving away indecent pictorial newspapers calculated to debauch public morals, known as the “National Police Gazette.” [See Code, §4531 (b).] It was admitted that defendant gaye away two copies of this paper, one of them being given to the chief of police of the city of Atlanta; but he insisted that it was not…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
The accused was tried in the city court of Atlanta, found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of one thousand dollars, or, in default thereof, to labor for one year on the public works, for giving away an indecent pictorial newspaper, *266tending to debauch the public morals, with intent to circulate the same, known as the “National Police Gazette.” He moved for a new trial, upon various grounds, which motion was overruled, and he excepted, and brought the case here by writ of error.
1. A glance at the pictures with which the papers sent up in the record are illustrated, and a slight…
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