Lynes v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Malpractice. Continuance. Indictment. Practice. Custom. Newly discovered evidence. Pleading. Joinder of counts. Verdict. Before Judge Hopkins. Pulton Superior Court. October Term, 1871. Eor the facts of this case, see the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
The defendant was indicted for malpractice in office as a Notary Public and ex-officio Justice of the Peace. On the trial of the case the defendant was found guilty. After the trial a motion was made in arrest of judgment on the following grounds: .First, because the 4432d section of the Code is not applicable to Notaries Public and ex-officio Justices of the Peace; such officers not being embraced within the words or intendment of said section. Second, because the indictment contains three counts, alleging three separate and distinct offenses, committed in three…
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