Scarboro v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for possession of liquor; from city court of Greensboro—Judge Brown. November 18, 1918.
1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.
1. The instruction by the court that “every witness is presumed to try to tell the truth” is not subject to the exception that it was an intimation of opinion that “the defendant’s witnesses had sworn falsely.”
2. The jury were charged that “a witness may be impeached in one of three ways: by disproving the facts testified to by him; by contradictory statements previously made bjr him as to matters relevant to his testimony and to the case, or by proof of general bad character.” This is alleged to be error and prejudicial to the accused because “there was no evidence submitted tending to…
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