Georgia Court of Appeals, 1920

Cummings v. State

Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided May 11, 1920 · Broyles

25 Ga. App. 319; 103 S.E. 193; 1920 Ga. App. LEXIS 771

Opinion of the Court

Broyles, C. J.

1. Tlie evidence, as disclosed by the record, was insufficient to authorize the defendant’s conviction of keeping a lewd house, and the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial.

2. Under the above ruling it is unnecessary to consider the special grounds of the motion, for a new trial.

Judgment reversed.

Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.

It was contended that proof of a single act of fornication or adultery in a house would not be sufficient to 'authorize a conviction under the statute (Penal Code of 1910, § 382) under which the accusation was made.

L. E. Heath, Casey Thigpen, for plaintiff in error,

cited: Penal Code (1910), § 382; 14 Ga. App. 110; 23 Ga. App. 727; 5 Ga. App. 766; 2 Ga. App. 433; 115 Ga. 571; 92 Ga. 49; 18 Ga. App. 112; 4 Ga. App. 336.

J. A. Roberts, solicitor, McDonald & Willingham, E. L. Grantham, contra,

cited: 24 Cyc. 792, and cit.; 120 Ga. 201.

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