Craig v. State
Craig v. State
Opinion of the Court
R. E. Craig was indicted for accepting a bribe of $8 from Jack Smith, “to influence him to refrain from arresting the said Smith” for violating the prohibition law. The motion for a new trial contains only the general grounds. Smith testified positively that Craig took a gallon of whisky from him, and subsequently released him upon the payment by him to Craig of $8. When both Craig and Smith were brought before the chief of police and Smith was asked to describe the money he paid Craig, Smith described it as being a five-dollar bill and three one-dollar bills, one of the latter being stained, apparently with tobacco juice. Then, when the chief of police ordered Craig to be searched, Craig took from his pocket and laid on the table some money, including a stained dollar bill. Immediately upon seeing this bill Smith said, “This is the money I gave him,” The defendant accounted for the
It being the exclusive province of the jury to decide whether or not a witness has been impeached, this court can not say that the jury reached an erroneous conclusion in this case in finding that the State’s witness had not been impeached. Powell v. State, 101 Ga. 9 (5) (29 S. E. 309, 65 Am. St. R. 277).
There is evidence to support the verdict; and since the motion for a new trial contains only the usual general grounds, the judgment can not be reversed.
Judgment affirmed.
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