Culberson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of possessing liquor; from city court of Hall county — Judge Sloan. January 5, 1921. A policeman of the town of Lula, Georgia, testified that on a certain night two automobiles — one a Ford ana the other a Dodge car — came into Lula, and when the men driving them saw him they began to shoot and drove faster, that they ran into some brush in a road and jumped out of the cars and ran off, and he could not see them well enough to identify them; and that a few days…
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Accusation of possessing liquor; from city court of Hall county — Judge Sloan. January 5, 1921. A policeman of the town of Lula, Georgia, testified that on a certain night two automobiles — one a Ford ana the other a Dodge car — came into Lula, and when the men driving them saw him they began to shoot and drove faster, that they ran into some brush in a road and jumped out of the cars and ran off, and he could not see them well enough to identify them; and that a few days later the defendant came to Lula to see about the car; he claimed that his car was missing. About 50 gallons of whisky…
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.
1. The amendment to the motion for a new trial is as follows: “ Because upon the trial of said case the court erred in the following point and particular: What happened is as follows: After the witness for the defendant had been examined and cross-examined by the solicitor of said court, the solicitor having excused the witnesses, the judge then, at the conclusion of the evidence of each of the said witnesses for the defendant, 'asked several questions of the said witness, being an unusual practice of said court.” This ground is too vague and indefinite to raise any question for the…
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