Roberts v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for being a rogue and vagabond, in Monroe Superior Court- Tried before1 Judge Starke, March Term', 1853. The facts in this ease are as follows: The defendant being indicted, and having plead, and being put upon his trial;' during the progress of the cause, a witness of the State, named Simpson, being on the stand, and having been cross-examined by defendant’s counsel, the defendant himself asked leave to cross examine him further, which the Court refused-, and…
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Indictment for being a rogue and vagabond, in Monroe Superior Court- Tried before1 Judge Starke, March Term', 1853. The facts in this ease are as follows: The defendant being indicted, and having plead, and being put upon his trial;' during the progress of the cause, a witness of the State, named Simpson, being on the stand, and having been cross-examined by defendant’s counsel, the defendant himself asked leave to cross examine him further, which the Court refused-, and which is excepted to. The case having been submitted to the jury, they retired to consider it. When they returned into…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Nisbet, J.
delivering opinion.
[1.] The grounds relied upon in this bill, are not sufficient, •either to arrest the judgment, or for a new trial. We have no Statute Law, prescribing the form of delivering the verdict of a jury. Our usage is to write the verdict on the indictment— which being signed by the foreman, is handed to the Sol. General in open Court after the jury has been called; and when publicly read, is recorded. This form is in substance that of the Criminal Law, and we cannot _3 advise any departure from it. Yet, when in substance and effect it is observed, even if…
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