Legal Opinion

Pitts v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 9, 1905PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Petition for certiorari. Before Judge Lewis. Putnam superior court. August 5, 1905.

1Opinion of the Court

-Fish, C. J.

1. Where an indictment charged the accused with the offense of selling whisky without a license, in a given county, upon a named date, the State was not confined to proof of the commission of the offense upon the date named, but had the right to prove its commission, in such county, upon any day within two years prior to the finding of the indictment. Green v. State, 115 Ga. 254.

12. There was no error in refusing to sanction the petition for certiorari.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Cain v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
  2. McLamb v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985