Burnett v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for selling and furnishing spirituous and intoxicating liquors to a minor. Before Judge Richard H. Clark. Rockdale superior court. April term, 1893. Burnett was found guilty of furnishing spirituous liquors to a minor.
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Indictment for selling and furnishing spirituous and intoxicating liquors to a minor. Before Judge Richard H. Clark. Rockdale superior court. April term, 1893. Burnett was found guilty of furnishing spirituous liquors to a minor. He moved for a new trial on the general grounds, and on alleged error in the charge of the court, to wit: “If you believe that the defendant delivered the whisky to Mr. Ferrell and that he was a minor at the time it was delivered, it would be your duty to find him guilty, unless defendant made diligent inquiry to ascertain whether he was a minor; and it would he his…
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment reversed.
Indictment for selling and furnishing spirituous and intoxicating liquors to a minor. Before Judge Richard H. Clark. Rockdale superior court. April term, 1893. Burnett was found guilty of furnishing spirituous liquors to a minor. He moved for a new trial on the general grounds, and on alleged error in the charge of the court, to wit: “If you believe that the defendant delivered the whisky to Mr. Ferrell and that he was a minor at the time it was delivered, it would be your duty to find him guilty, unless defendant made diligent inquiry to ascertain whether he was a minor;…
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