Memmler v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Wife-beating. Witness. Impeachment. Husband and Wife. Attorney and Client. Jury and Jurors. County Court. Before Judge Eaín. Bartow Superior Court. January Adjourned Term, 1885. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
The defendant was charged by the grand jury of Bartow county with the offense of whipping, beating and cruelly maltreating his wife. The bill of indictment was transferred by the superior court to the county court, and on his trial in that court, he was found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of three hundred dollars and cost, and in the event of his failure to pay said fine, he was ordered to the chain-gang to labor on the public works for the space of twelve months. He sought to remove this sentence and conviction by writ of certiorari to the superior court. The writ was…
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