Clyde v. State

Townsend, Judge.

1. “Verdicts shall have a reasonable intendment, and shall receive a reasonable construction, and shall *24not be avoided unless from necessity.” Code § 110-105.

Decided July 16, 1958. P. C. King, Jr., for plaintiff in error. R. A. Patterson, Solicitor-General, Jesse G. Bowles, contra.

2. Where the intendment is obvious, the misspelling of a word is insufficient reason for voiding a verdict. Lott v. State, 19 Ga. App. 450 (91 S. E. 877).

3. The language of the verdict “to- not less than five years nor more than ten years” is a substantial compliance with Code (Ann.) § 27-2502 which…