Plummer v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Conviction of shooting at another; from Bibb superior court — Judge Malcolm D. Jones. January 28, 1922. On the ground that in charging as to the contentions of the State the court invaded the province of the jury and assumed the truth of the witness Newberry’s testimony, exception was taken to the following extract from the charge, referred to in the 2d division of the decision: “ The State contends in this case that E. E. Newberry, a revenue officer, went into a certain…
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Conviction of shooting at another; from Bibb superior court — Judge Malcolm D. Jones. January 28, 1922. On the ground that in charging as to the contentions of the State the court invaded the province of the jury and assumed the truth of the witness Newberry’s testimony, exception was taken to the following extract from the charge, referred to in the 2d division of the decision: “ The State contends in this case that E. E. Newberry, a revenue officer, went into a certain part of this county hunting for a still, that he approached through a swamp a still which was in operation or about to be…
1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.
1. Plaintiff in error was indicted for shooting at another. The trial resulted in a verdict of guilty. A ground of the motion for a new trial alleged that “ the court erred in omitting to charge the jury section 115 of the Criminal Code of the State of Georgia of 1910, under which the defendant was indicted.” The indictment was practically in the language of the code, contained a statement of every material element necessary to constitute the crime charged, and was “ full and minute in setting forth the acts laid to the prisoner’s charge.” In his instructions to the jury the judge quoted the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pritchett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
- City & Suburban Railway v. FindleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
- Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
- Allen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
- Allen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1921
3Cited by3 opinions
- Mika v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Ryan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
- Tinsley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1923