Newsom v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment, and nol. pros, entered. Macon Superior Court. Judge Warren presiding, October Term, 1846. For the grounds of error, see the opinion of the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court
Nisbet, J.
delivering the opinion.
The plaintiff in error was indicted in the Court below; ho was arraigned and plead not guilty, and a jury was impaneled and sworn to try- him. The Solicitor General read the indictment to the jury and opened the case to them, and then tendered the warrant by which the accused was arrested, which being upon demurrer rejected, the State having no other testimony, the defendant moved the Court that a verdict of not guilty be entered, which was refused, and the Solicitor General was permitted by the Court to enter a nolle proseguí, and the Jury was…
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