Seyden v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Charge of Court. Practice in Superior Court. Verdict. Before Judge Adams. Chatham Superior Court. December Term, 1885. In addition to the report contained in the decision, it is necessery to add only that the following were among the grounds of the motion for a new trial: (1)-(2) Because the verdict is contrary to law and evidence.
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Criminal Law. Charge of Court. Practice in Superior Court. Verdict. Before Judge Adams. Chatham Superior Court. December Term, 1885. In addition to the report contained in the decision, it is necessery to add only that the following were among the grounds of the motion for a new trial: (1)-(2) Because the verdict is contrary to law and evidence. (3) Because the court declined to give in charge the law governing the right of a prisoner to make a statement and the force and effect to be given such statement. [The court stated in a note that he did not charge as to the effect of the prisoner’s…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
The defendant was convicted for keeping open a tippling-house on the Sabbath day, and moved for a new trial on various grounds.
1. The verdict, so'far from being unauthorized by the evidence and contrary to law, was imperatively demanded by both. The proof is clear that the house was open on several Sundays within two years before the bill of indictment was found. On one of these occasions, the defendant-admitted in his statement that he opened it and furnished the witness, Smoke, with a bottle of liquor, for which he received from him thirty-five cents. He sought to excuse…
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