Ralph v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Accusation, of unlawfully pointing pistol. Before Judge Baines. City court of Dawson. July 25/1905. Balph was tried in the city court of Dawson, upon an accusation charging him with pointing a pistol at another.
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Accusation, of unlawfully pointing pistol. Before Judge Baines. City court of Dawson. July 25/1905. Balph was tried in the city court of Dawson, upon an accusation charging him with pointing a pistol at another. The bill of exceptions sets out the contention of the plaintiff in error in the following language: “When the ease was called for trial, defendant’s counsel stated in his place that his client could not hear anything that the witnesses might state in their testimony in said case; that the defendant could read and write; and if the testimony should be written out, the same could then…
1Opinion of the CourtLuMPKIN, J.
(After stating the facts.) Under the constitution every person charged with an offense against the laws of this State should be confronted with the witnesses testifying against him. Constitution, art. 1, par. 5, Civil Code, §5702. This provision guarantees that witnesses for the State shall be examined in the presence of the accused and be subject to cross-examination by him. Confrontation in criminal law has been defined to be the act of setting Sf witness face to face with the prisoner, in order that the latter may make any objection he has to the witness, or that the witness may identify…
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