Legal Opinion
Martin v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 4, 1947No. 31634PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMacIntyre, P. J.
The defendant contends that the lottery statute of 1877 (Ga. L. 1877, p. 112), is still the law in Georgia, and that the trial judge erred in sentencing him to serve on the public works without the alternative of paying a fine as provided in said statute.
The defendant maintains by argument that the legislature did not intend to change the penalty for carrying on a lottery from that provided in the act of 1877 (Ga. L. 1877, p. 112), and that the penalty was inadvertently or through oversight on the part of the codifiers omitted from the Code of 1895, § 409, Code of 1910, § 400, and Code of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- City of Cochran v. LanfairSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
- Maddox v. First National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- McCaffrey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
- Hall v. Jeffreys-McElreath Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1927
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