Highsmith v. State

J. C. Highsmith was convicted, under the act of 1919 (Ga. L. 1919, p. 220; Park’s Code Supp. 1922, vol. 11, sec. 202(hh)), of giving O. L. Roberson a worthless check for $25 on the First National Bank of Waycross. The defendant’s motion for a new trial being overruled, he excepted.

*193The defendant, who operated a “U-drive-it” automobile business in Waycross, Ga., rented an automobile to a negro, who failed to return it. 0. L. Roberson, sheriff of Pierce county, located the automobile near Blackshear. Roberson testified that neither the defendant nor any one else offered a reward for the…