Legal Opinion

Jaques v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 11, 1900PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Indictment for robbery. Before Judge Felton. Bibb superior court. November term, 1899.

1Opinion of the Court

Lumpkin, P. J,

1. When persons on trial for crime put their characters in : issue and introduced a witness who testified that the same w'ere good, it was error for the presiding judge to ask the witness if he had ever-known the accused “to do any honest work,” and to press .upon him other inquiries the nature of which manifestly indicated that the judge did not believe the accused were persons of good character. In thus acting the judge, violated the provisions of section 1032 of the Penal Code.

2. In addition to the error above indicated, the court on the trial of the present case erred…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Jenkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  2. Reed v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
  3. Story v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1913
  4. Coon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1929
  5. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1928

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API