Georgia Court of Appeals, 1908

Gamble v. State

Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided October 12, 1908 · Hill

4 Ga. App. 845; 62 S.E. 544; 1908 Ga. App. LEXIS 557

Opinion of the Court

Hill, C. J.

1. The person who buys spirituous, alcoholic, or malt liquors is not in law an accomplice of the person who sells it to him. Besides, the law does not require, in misdemeanors, that the testimony of an accomplice shall be corroborated. Penal Code, §991, and citations.

2. The evidence is sufficient to support the verdict. Judgment affirmed.

Indictment for unlawful sale of liquor, from Crisp superior court — Judge Whipple. June 20, 1908.

Submitted October 6, Decided October 12, 1908. Crum & Jones, for plaintiff in error. Walter F. George, solicitor-general, contra.

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