Palmer v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for fornication; from Decatur superior court—Judge Harrell. August 17, 1918.
1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.
1. The constitution of the State of Georgia provides: "Every person charged with an offense against the laws of this State shall be furnished, on demand, previously to his *85arraignment, with a copy of the accusation, and a list of the wit-, nesses on whose testimony the charge against him is founded.” Art. 1, sec. 7, par. 5 (Civil Code of 1910, § 6360; Penal, Code, §§ 8, 970. From this it will be seen that when a person is charged in this State with a violation of a criminal law, and demands a list of the witnesses, he is entitled to a list of those only “on whose testimony the charge against…
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