Lingerfelt v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for assault with intent to murder. Before Judge Kimsey. Lumpkin superior court. November 18, 1905.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
-1. One ground of the motion for a new trial assigned error because the court said to a witness, in the presence of the jury: “He [meaning the solicitor-general] isn’t asking you to be absolutely positive. What is your opinion about it? It is a mere matter of opinion.” It does not appear what question the solicitor-general had propounded, to which this statement referred; and the ground is not sufficiently clear to furnish reason for a reversal. If the court referred to the effort to identify a certain piece of cloth which the witness had seen some time previously and stated he could not be…
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