Rouse v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for adultery and fornication, from Worth superior court — Judge Spence. April 24, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, J.
1. In tlio exercise of tlie right of questioning witnesses, a presiding judge should not, by the form or manner of his examination, intimate any opinion upon the facts. Sharpton v. State, 1 Ga. App. 542, 57 S. E. 929.
2. “In charging upon the prisoner’s statement, a trial judge can employ no better language than that embodied in the Penal Code, § 1010.” Fields v. State, 2 Ga. App. 41, 58 S. E. 327.
3. “The office, of a charge by the court is to give to the jury such instruction touching the rules of law pertinent to the issue involved in the pending trial, as will enable them ‘ intelligently to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Suddeth v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
- Fields v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- Sharpton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- McVicker v. ConkleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- Hinson v. HooksCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1921
- Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
- Motes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
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