Legal Opinion

Sherman v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 19, 1907No. 448PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Accusation of carrying concealed weapon, from city court of Americus — Judge Crisp. April 13, 1907.

1Opinion of the CourtRussell, J.

Ed Sherman was tried and found guilty of the offense of carrying concealed weapons. He moved for a new trial, and his motion was overruled. It is onty necessary to notice the amended grounds of the motion. These were two in number. In the first it is insisted that the court erred in refusing to exclude the testimony of the State’s witness, upon the ground that a legal arrest wa§ not shown, because it did not appear that the party arresting had a warrant against the defendant, and because it must appear that the arrest was legal, before the testimony would be admissible. The second ground was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hughes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  2. Burns v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
  3. Stripling v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. ThompsonArizona Supreme Court · 1949
  2. Gee v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1969
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
  5. Cain v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966

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