Lewis v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Accusaiti'on of forcible (entry 'and detainer. Before Judge Norwood. City court of Savannah. July term, 1896.
1Opinion of the Court
Ltjmpkin, Justice.
1. The definition of “forcible entry” embraced in section 338 of our Penal Code is substantially the same 'as the definition of this offense at common law. Every trespass upon the premises of another is, in :a certain sense, forcible —that is, committed with “force and 'arms”; but it by no *693means follows that every such trespass is indictable'. In ■order to render a given entry “forcible” within the meaning of this word as used in the section cited, it would seem that it must he accompanied by some act of actual violence or terror directed towards 'the person in possession.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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