Bolton v. State

Jordan, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of the offense of cruelty to an animal. His amended motion for new trial was denied and he excepted to that judgment. Held:

1. The evidence in this case was sufficient to authorize the finding that the defendant wilfully and without justification shot and killed a dog, the property of Yirge Lovell, Sr., as charged in the accusation; and the general grounds of the motion for new trial are without merit. May v. State, 120 Ga. 497 (2) (48 SE 153); Moore v. State, 121 Ga. 194 (48 SE 919).

2. “In the absence of a proper and pertinent written request for…