Reed v. State

1. “ ‘Verdicts are to have a reasonable intendment, and are to receive a reasonable construction.’ Code, § 27-2301. ‘Verdicts are to be construed in the light of the pleadings, the issues made by the evidence, and the charge of the court.’ Swain v. Georgia Power & Light Co., 46 Ga. App. 794 (169 S. E. 249). Accordingly, where, as in the present ease, one is tried on an indictment charging him with the offense of robbery by force and by intimidation, and after the evidence has been adduced the judge submits to the jury only the question whether the defendant is guilty of the offense of robbery…