Legal Opinion

Garner v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 23, 1897PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Indictment for cheating and swindling. Before Judge Hutchins. Gwinnett superior court. September term, 1896.

1Opinion of the Court

Lumpkin, Presiding Justice.

An indictment returned by the grand jury of Gwinnett county was transferred to the county court for trial. It charged John T. Garner with the offense of being a common cheat and swindler, “for that the said John T. Garner, on the 20th day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, in the county aforesaid, with force and arms, with intent to cheat and swindle one W. A. Lee, did then and there use certain deceitful means and artful practices upon said W. A. Lee, to wit: by then and there falsely and fraudulently buying from the said…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Mulkey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  2. Meacham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1910
  3. Gilligan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1941
  4. Crawford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  5. McKenzie v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978

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