Hunt v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Jury and jurors. Charge of court. Evidence. Verdict. Punishment. Witness. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. September term, 1887. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
Mary L. Hunt was charged, in the city court of Atlanta, with the offence of a misdemeanor, consisting in the commission of a single act of fornication with a married man, whoso name was G. W. Gardner, called in the argument “Doctor” Gardner. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The judge sentenced her, at first, to pay a fine of $250, or serve on the public works for twelve months ; this sentence was subsequently changed to a fine of $100, with an alternative service of five months on the public works.
A motion was made for a new trial, upon several grounds; one of which…
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