Powell v. State

Jordan, Judge.

William and Watson Powell under indictments charging them with the offense of forgery were tried together and convicted in the Superior Court of McDuffie County. Their amended motions for new trial which were identical were denied and they have excepted to that judgment in their joint bill of exceptions. Held:

Decided March 15, 1962 Rehearing denied March 29, 1962. Joe W. Rowland, Jack D. Evans, J. W. Claxton, for plaintiffs in error. Kenneth E. Goolsby, Solicitor-General, contra.

1. This is a companion case to the case of Kent v. State, 105 Ga. App. 565 (125 SE2d 96), in which…