Brand v. State

Hill, O. J.

Brand, as superintendent of tbe Georgia Railroad,was convicted, in DeKalb superior court, of running, a freight-train on the Sabbath day in violation of the Penal Code, §420. The judgment refusing a new trial is brought to this court for review. The case was submitted to the jury,- under the charge of the court, on an agreed statement of facts, which may be summarized as follows: The freight-train in question left Augusta on its regular schedule time, 11:20 o’clock p. m. on Saturday night, September 1, and by its regular schedule should have reached Atlanta, its destination, at…