Legal Opinion

Humphrey v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 13, 1919No. 10472PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Indictment for possession of liquor'; from Warren superior court —Judge Walker. March 10,1919.' ' Application for certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court in this case.

1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, P. J.

The first headnote alone needs elaboration. The amendment to the motion for a new trial in this case was based solely upon the alleged ground, that one of the jurors was related within the prohibited degree to the prosecutor in the case. The amendment (leaving out the formal parts) was as follows:

“(1) That when the solicitor-general called the above stated ease for trial, his honor B. P. Walker, the judge presiding during the trial of said ease, requested- -all -jurors that were related by blood or marriage to W. 0. Brinkley, the prosecutor in said case, to please let that fact be known to.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Harris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Clifton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  2. Trammell v. ShirleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1928
  3. Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937
  4. Ernest L. Miller Co. v. GaunttCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1956
  5. McCranie v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935

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