Downing v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Indictment. Jurors. Constitutional law. Witness. Evidence. Charge of Court. New Trial. Before Judge Clark. City Court of Atlanta. June Term, 1880. To the report contained in the decision it is only necessary to add, that the court allowed Neal, a witness for the state, to testify, over objection of defendant’s counsel, that he tested the oil sold by the defendant (detailing the manner of his testing) and the result,
1Opinion of the Court
Speer, Justice.
Harvey B. Downing was tried in the city court of Atlanta for a “misdemeanor.” .
The charge was presented in the form of “ an accusation” made by John C. Neal, alleging and charging “the defendant, on the 31st January, 1880, with unlawfully selling, and offering to sell, to Daniel & Marsh, in said county, kerosene oil, of a fire-test less than one hundred and ten degrees Fahrenheit; and further charged the defendant, on the 31st day of January, 1880, that he unlawfully did sell, and keep for sale and in storage, kerosene oil without having the same inspected and approved by an…
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