Lissner v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Forcible entry and detainer. Charge of court. Evidence. Practice. Before Judge Atkinson. Glynn superior court. May term, 1889. Indictment for forcible entry. The evidence showed that on April 23, 1889, and for some time previously, Wallace was in possession of the premises described in the indictment, under lease from Kaisers. He had consented for defendant to erect and use a stable which immediately adjoined these premises.
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Criminal law. Forcible entry and detainer. Charge of court. Evidence. Practice. Before Judge Atkinson. Glynn superior court. May term, 1889. Indictment for forcible entry. The evidence showed that on April 23, 1889, and for some time previously, Wallace was in possession of the premises described in the indictment, under lease from Kaisers. He had consented for defendant to erect and use a stable which immediately adjoined these premises. From the stable a window or door opened on the same premises; across the inside of this opening defendant had nailed boards, and Wallace had nailed boards…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1. Though the grounds of the motion for a new trial are quite numerous, we think no substantial error was committed by the court, and that' the evidence was sufficient to warrant the verdict. That the possession of the premises was in Wallace, the prosecutor, and that Lissner, the accused, entered with a show of force and in opposition to the will of Wallace, cannot be doubted. Lissner went to the premises accompanied by two men, one of the latter carrying a hatchet. This hatchet Lissner took, and with it knocked off some slats which had been nailed across the door of…
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