Gentry v. State

Cecil Gentry was jointly indicted with John Guyton for assault and battery on J. A. Wright. The jury found both guilty. Gentry appealed on the general grounds.

The evidence on which the conviction is predicated is as follows: The defendant was driving along the streets of Calhoun, Georgia,, in his father’s pick-up truck, and passed the corner where Guyton was standing. Guyton whistled to the defendant and asked him-for a ride home. After getting in the truck Guyton requested the-defendant to take him by Mr. Wright’s on business, which defendant agreed to do. Guyton went into Wright’s house.…