Legal Opinion

McNulty v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 6, 1918No. 9363Published

Indictment for cheating and swindling; from Gwinnett superior court — Judge Cobb. October 26, 1917.

1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.

Í. The 4th ground of the motion for a new trial is but an amplification of the general grounds.

3. Under the allegations in the indictment in this case the judge properly based his charge to the jury on section 703, and not on section 719, of the Penal Code of 1910.

3. The court did not err in ruling out the evidence-set forth in the 7th ground of the motion for a new trial, which it was insisted tended to show good faith on the part of the defendant; the evidence ruled out relating to a transaction which had no connection whatever with the one under investigation.

4. The indictment in this ease…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. NolandSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
  2. Hagood v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
  3. Crawford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
  4. People v. CoblerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
  5. State v. ManleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1891

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