Taylor v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for altering teacher’s license. Before Judge Holden. Hart superior court. March 23, 1905. A. S. Taylor was indicted, in the superior court of Hart county, for the offense of' falsely and fraudulently altering a teacher’s license. The indictment was demurred to. The demurrer was overruled, and the defendant excepted.
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Indictment for altering teacher’s license. Before Judge Holden. Hart superior court. March 23, 1905. A. S. Taylor was indicted, in the superior court of Hart county, for the offense of' falsely and fraudulently altering a teacher’s license. The indictment was demurred to. The demurrer was overruled, and the defendant excepted. On the argument in the Supreme Court it was suggested that the copy of the indictment sent up with the record contained certain errors, and under order of the court another copy was certified and filed. The body of the indictment was as follows: “The grand jurors . .…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
The demurrer in this case contains twelve grounds, but several of them make substantially the same point. It is contended, that the indictment states no legal offense; that it does not set out the license alleged to have been fraudulently altered; that it is not shown that the defendant made any attempt to use the license alleged to have been altered, to defraud the county, or how it was intended to defraud the county, or that he attempted to teach school in Hart county, or to draw public funds thereof; that no authority is shown in the county school commissioner, who issued the license, to…
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