Perrett v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of misdemeanor; from city court of Blackshear— Judge Mitebell. June 36, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, C. J.
1. Where one is tried under a presentment of a grand jury for the offense of using of, to, and in the presence of a named person, who is a witness for the prosecution, certain abusive language tending to cause a breach of the peace, another, who is related to that person within the ninth degree, is disqualified to sit as a juror on the trial; and this is true even though the aggrieved person is not named as prosecutor, and though there is no evidence that he acted as such. Where such relationship is shown to be true without dispute, and it is unquestioned that the relationship was unknown to…
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