Smith v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Accusation of selling intoxicating liquor. Before Judge Adams. City court of Dublin. May 1, 1903.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
In the city court of Dublin, Plummer Smith was-convicted of the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors. He moved for , a new trial, and the motion was overruled. He excepted.
1. One of the grounds of the motion for new trial was that the verdict was “contrary to evidence and without evidence to support-it.” The brief of evidence filed with the motion for new trial and approved by the judge contains no evidence whatever as to venue. The failure to prove the venue was insisted on here in the brief of 'counsel for the plaintiff in error. The venue is a jurisdictional fact,, and without proof of it…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Futch v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
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