Butler v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of misdemeanor; from city court of Bichmond county —Judge W. F. Eve. December 10, 1913. Etta Butler was convicted of selling cocaine in violation of section 459 of thé Penal Code.
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Accusation of misdemeanor; from city court of Bichmond county —Judge W. F. Eve. December 10, 1913. Etta Butler was convicted of selling cocaine in violation of section 459 of thé Penal Code. Her motion for a new trial was based on the usual general grounds, and on the following grounds: (5) “Because the court erred in excluding the evidence of Joe Bailey, a'material witness called in behalf of the defendant, who would have testified that he was present when Georgia Moore (a witness for the State) claimed that she had made a purchase of a package» of cocaine from the defendant and turned it…
1Opinion of the CourtWade, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) There was ample evidence to sustain the verdict, without considering the testimony of the expert as to the nature 'of the substance tested by him in the presence of the jury, or his further testimony as to the nature of the drug delivered to him by the witness Guy Sturgis and previously tested. Eva Holmes testified that she had often bought cocaine from the defendant, at the defendant’s home in the city of Augusta, without a prescription, paying money therefor. She testified fully as to the effect cocaine had on her, and as to the different varieties of…
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- McAllister v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1910
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
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