Wilson v. State

1. The judge did not abuse his discretion in • reopening the case and allowing the evidence introduced of which complaint is made in the first special ground of the motion for a new trial. In Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Blalock, 8 Ga. App. 44, 48 (68 S. E. 743), Judge Bussell said: “As, in the broader light of out advancing intelligence, we more plainly see that the object of the trial is to reach the truth, the less is a progressive profession inclined to tolerate the observance of any technical rule which will tend only to test the skill and vigilance of the counsel, when it is at the…