Tiller v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for gaming. Before Judge Reese. Hart superior court. March term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
1. A party to a case has the right to introduce all competent, relevant, and material evidence, either to prove the main issue involved, or to discredit the evidence of a witness for the opposite party.
2. Where A, B, 0, and ~D were indicted for gaming, and A was put upon trial, and the Rtate’s witness testified that he had seen A, B, C, and D all at a certain place engaged in gambling, it was competent for the accused to introduce evidence to show that B was not at the place desig*841uated, but at another place, at the time specified by the State’s -witness. This evidence was material to the…
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