McCain v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Evidence. New trial. Sentence. Before Judge McCutchen. 'Whitfield Superior Court. April Term, 1876. Reported in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Judge.
The defendant was indicted for keeping a lewd house, he was found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of $300 00 and. all costs, or in default thereof in ten days, to go to hard work in the chain-gang. He moved for a new trial on various grounds; it was denied him, and he excepted.
1. The first complaint is that evidence of the general character for chastity of the women boarding at his house and frequenting it was admitted. It ought to have been admitted says the law: 2 Bishop’s Crim. Proc., sec. 83; Wharton’s Am. Crim. Law, 2390, and cases cited.
2. Besides, the proof was…
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