Hussey v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Before Judge TOMPKINS. Chatham Superior Court. June Term, 1882. Hussey was presented by the grand jury for keeping open a tippling house on Sunday. The presentment charged “that the said George W. Hussey, in the county of Chatham, state of Georgia, aforesaid, on the twenty-fifth day of December, 1881, did unlawfully keep an open tippling house on the Sabbath day.”
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Criminal Law. Before Judge TOMPKINS. Chatham Superior Court. June Term, 1882. Hussey was presented by the grand jury for keeping open a tippling house on Sunday. The presentment charged “that the said George W. Hussey, in the county of Chatham, state of Georgia, aforesaid, on the twenty-fifth day of December, 1881, did unlawfully keep an open tippling house on the Sabbath day.” Defendant moved to quash the presentment, because the location of the alleged tippling house was not stated. The motion was overruled. The evidence showed, in brief, the following facts: Defendant kept a restaurant and…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
The defendant was indicted for, and found guilty of, the offence of keeping open a tippling house on the Sabbath day. His motion for a new trial having been denied by the court below, the case is brought here on errors assigned on all the grounds of the motion.
1. There is no room, at all, for doubt as to his guilt. It is the strongest case, of the sort, ever brought to this court within our knowledge and recollection, and no matter how many trials he might have, the facts and law absolutely demand the verdict of guilty, and such it would be unless both facts and law…
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