Gunter v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for wrecking car; from" Fulton superior court—■ Judge Hill. December 23, 1916. 0. P. & Ernest G. Bentley, F. A. Hooper, for plaintiff in error. John A. Boykin, solicitor-general, E. A. Stephens, contra.
1Opinion of the CourtWade, C. J.
1. The accused was tried under an indictment drawn under section 513 of the Penal Code, which provides that “Any person who shall, by any device whatever, wreck, or attempt to wreck, a railroad train, locomotive, car, coach, or vehicle of *773any kind, when used or run on any railroad-track for the purpose of travel or transportation, or assist or advise it to be done, shall be punished with confinement in the penitentiary for life,” etc. Though electric-cars may not have been in operation in this State at the time of the passage of the act from which this section of the code was taken, it is…
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