Hill v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Constitutional law. Before Judge Rice. "White Superior Court. May Term, 1874. It is unnecessary to an understanding of this decision, to report any facts additional to those stated in the above head-notes.
1Opinion of the Court
McCay, Judge.
1. We think the description sufficient. Under our Code, if the offense is set out in the language of the Code, that is sufficient. The indictment alleges that the pistol was carried at, and in the presence of, a court of justice, then in session in the four hundred and twenty-sixth district, Georgia militia. This is in the very words of the act. AVhat was the name and nature of the court is matter of description. It would have been well to state it. Though, as the justice’s court is the only civil court that can meet at such a place, the words used do, in effect, describe the…
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