Davis v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Bastardy. Practice in the Supreme Court. Practice in the Superior Court. Evidence. Jurisdiction. Before Judge Clark. Webster Superior Court. September Term, 1876. Davis was indicted for bastardy; and on the trial was found guilty.
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Criminal Law. Bastardy. Practice in the Supreme Court. Practice in the Superior Court. Evidence. Jurisdiction. Before Judge Clark. Webster Superior Court. September Term, 1876. Davis was indicted for bastardy; and on the trial was found guilty. He moved for a new trial on the following, among other, grounds: 1. Because the court overruled defendant’s demurrer to the indictment and motion to quash it. [Neither the demurrer, nor the order overruling it, appears in the record; nor does it appear that said demurrer and motion were made before pleading to the indictment. — R.] 2. Because the…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
The defendant was indicted for the offense of “ bastardy,” in the county of Webster, and upon his trial therefor, was found guilty. The defendant made a motion for a new trial on various grounds, which were overruled by the court, and the defendant excepted. The defendant was charged in the indictment with being the father of two bastard children, one born, and the other to be born, on the oath of Margaret Haney, the mother, the one already chargeable, and the other lilcely to be chargeable, to the county of Webster, and that the defendant was arrested by a warrant…
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