Jordan v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Indictment. Before Judge Hall. Spalding Superior Court. February Adjourned Term, 1878. To tbe report contained in the decision, it is only necessary to add that defendant moved in arrest of judgment on the following grounds: “Because the indictment upon which said verdict was founde’d is so defective that an issue could not be made upon it, in failing to allege that the house was kept for the practice of fornication and adultery by herself, or by others, or by…
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Criminal law. Indictment. Before Judge Hall. Spalding Superior Court. February Adjourned Term, 1878. To tbe report contained in the decision, it is only necessary to add that defendant moved in arrest of judgment on the following grounds: “Because the indictment upon which said verdict was founde’d is so defective that an issue could not be made upon it, in failing to allege that the house was kept for the practice of fornication and adultery by herself, or by others, or by any one; and because said indictment does not charge that said offense was committed in the county of Spalding, or in…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
The defendant was indicted for the.offense of “keeping and maintaining a lewd house,” and on her trial therefor was found guilty. A motion was made in arrest of judgment for alleged defects in the indictment, and also a motion was made for anew trial, on the grounds therein stated, both of which motions were overruled, and the defendant excepted.
1, 2. If the objections to the indictment would have been good on a special demurrer thereto, they were not good in arrest of judgment, and there was no error in overruling that motion.
3. It appears from the record and bill of…
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