Legal Opinion

Tiller v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 5, 1900PublishedCited by 6 opinions

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…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Owensby v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
  2. State v. KampertSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
  3. Daugherty v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1969
  4. Light v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
  5. Conley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1943

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