Johnson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment, in Richmond Superior Court. Decision by Judge Holt, at January Term, 1860. The indictment in this case contains four counts, two of which charge the defendant with the offense of “ assaulting with intent to murder,” and the other two, with the offense of “ shooting at another.”
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Indictment, in Richmond Superior Court. Decision by Judge Holt, at January Term, 1860. The indictment in this case contains four counts, two of which charge the defendant with the offense of “ assaulting with intent to murder,” and the other two, with the offense of “ shooting at another.” The facts of the case are, in substance, that Joseph B. Ramsey, a police officer of Augusta, having arrested one Stone upon the charge of attempting to pick the pocket of Mr. Theodore Cone, at the circus, and took him to the City Hall and left him there in charge of the police, went to the Burke House in…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lyon, J.,
delivering the opinion.
The Court refused to charge, that Joseph B. Ramsey, in his capacity as a police officer, had no right or authority to arrest the defendant without a warrant, but charged, that the Legislature had clothed the City Council of Augusta with power to regulate the police department of the city, and that the officer was not compelled to wait until he could get a warrant, but had a right to make the arrest and detain the party until a warrant could be procured; that if the jury find, from the evidence, that Joseph B. Ramsey had no warrant to search the…
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