Wood v. State

Quillian, Justice.

The general demurrer to the indictment is on the ground “that the allegations set forth therein do not charge this defendant with any offense against the penal laws of the State of Georgia.” It is well settled: “Our law recognizes no crimes save such as consist of the violation of a public law, and there are in this State no common law offenses save such as have been especially recognized by a statutory enactment. Jenkins v. State, 14 Ga. App. 276, 279 (80 SE 688); Chambers v. State, 194 Ga. 773 (22 SE2d 487); Head v. State, 68 Ga. App. 759 (24 SE2d 145).” Moore v. State, 94…