Manning v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for sale of liquor; from Laurens superior court— Judge Hawkins. September S, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
On the trial of one for the offense of selling liquor, the solicitor-general, in closing his argument, used the following language: “These blind tigers are running around all over the country, sending souls to hell, and have no respect for Jesus Christ or woman, and you ought to stop that kind of stuff. Everything you hear is people all over the country talking about blind tigers, and I ask you not to tolerate this stuff, and I ask you to help me convict them.” The attorney for the accused objected to this language, and moved the court for a mistrial. Unquestionably the language used by the…
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