Legal Opinion

Bailey v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 9, 1919No. 10135PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Indictment for possession of liquor; from Cherokee superior court —Judge Morris. August 26, 1918.

1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, P. J.

1. It was not error for the judge in his charge to remind the jury of the oath they had taken, that they would well and truly try the case, and to read the oath to them. The statement of the court, in this connection, that the jury had “sworn to try the case ‘according to the opinion you entertain of the evidence as adduced on the trial of the case/ ” while slightly inaccurate, was not materially erroneous.

2. Under the facts of the case there was no error in the charge of the court as complained of in the 2d special ground of the motion for a new trial.

3. The venue was properly laid in the…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Gresham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
  2. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1928

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