Jones v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for involuntary manslaughter. Before Judge Blair. Fulton superior court. . June 12, 1920. Charles Jones was indicted for involuntary manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act.
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Indictment for involuntary manslaughter. Before Judge Blair. Fulton superior court. . June 12, 1920. Charles Jones was indicted for involuntary manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act. There were two counts: First, that the defendant, on May 31, 1917, while driving an automobile upon a designated public road of Fulton county, at a rate of speed exceeding thirty miles an hour, in violation of the law of this State, drove the machine against and over Hoke Smith Lee, thereby unlawfully killing him, without intention to do so, but while engaged in such unlawful act which might probably…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) In article 5, section 1, paragraph 13, of the constitution of this State (Civil Code, § 6482) it is declared that the Governor “ shall have power to convoke the General Assembly on extraordinary occasions; but no law shall be enacted at called sessions of the General Assembly, except such as shall relate to the object stated in his proclamation convening them.” The proclamation of the Governor convoking the General Assembly in extraordinary session, to meet November 3, 1915, among other matters, stated: “Whereas some doubts have arisen concerning the…
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