Cook v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for blackmail; from Fulton superior court—Judge Hill. March 30, 1918. The grand jury of Fulton county returned an indictment against J. W. Cook and Mrs. H. H. Hirsch, charging them with the offense of blackmail, and containing three counts, as follows: First, that the defendants “did verbally accuse Asa G. Candler Sr. with the offense of adultery with Mrs. H. H. Hirsch, a married woman, with intent to extort money from the said Asa G. Candler Sr.” Second, that the…
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Indictment for blackmail; from Fulton superior court—Judge Hill. March 30, 1918. The grand jury of Fulton county returned an indictment against J. W. Cook and Mrs. H. H. Hirsch, charging them with the offense of blackmail, and containing three counts, as follows: First, that the defendants “did verbally accuse Asa G. Candler Sr. with the offense of adultery with Mrs. H. H. Hirsch, a married woman, with intent to extort money from the said Asa G. Candler Sr.” Second, that the defendants “did verbally threaten to accuse Asa G. Candler Sr. with the offense of adultery with Mrs. H. H. Hirsch,…
1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) 1. The material parts of the indictment will be found in the foregoing statement of. facts. Whether or not the demurrer should have been sustained and the indictment quashed will be detérmined under the laws of this State. Section 954 of the Penal Code, (1910) says: “Every indictment or accusation of the grand jury shall be deemed sufficiently technical and correct, which states the offense in the terms and language of this Code, or so plainly that the nature of the offense charged may be easily understood by the jury.” The first headnote in Williams v.…
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