Legal Opinion

Henderson v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 28, 1895PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Indictment for keeping policy lottery. Before Judge MacDonell. City court of Savannah. November term, 1894.

1Opinion of the Court

Lumpkin, Justice.

1. The real name of the accused was William Maie *327Henderson. He was indicted as May Henderson. He filed a plea of misnomer, which was stricken. This plea set forth what his real name was, but failed to allege that he was not known and called by the name under which he was indicted. Under these circumstances, the court was right in striking the plea. Wilson v. State, 69 Ga. 224.

2. In misdemeanors all are principals. Section 4549(b) of the code makes it unlawful “ for any person or persons, either by themselves, servants, agents, employees, or others, to keep, maintain, employ,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Milton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
  2. Arthur v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
  3. Hodges v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952
  4. Hodges v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952
  5. Dodys v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1945

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