Supreme Court of Georgia, 1895

Starke v. State

Starke v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided May 13, 1895 · Atkinson
97 Ga. 193; 23 S.E. 832

Starke v. State

Opinion of the Court

Atkinson, J.

1. Whether an accusation in a city court charging a married man with adultery would or would not be' invalid because founded upon an affidavit made by his wife, yet where it does not appear on the face either of the accusation or the affidavit that the prosecutrix was the wife of the accused, the objection to the accusation could not be made by demurrer before trial or by motion in arrest of judgment after conviction.

2. There was sufficient evidence to warrant the verdict of guilty, and the same having -been approved by the trial judge, a new trial will not be granted. • Judgment affirmed.

Dissenting Opinion

Simmons, C. J.,

dissenting. — I dissent from the judgment rendered in this case, for the reason stated in the case of Eldridge v. The State, decided this day, the evidence in both cases being substantially the same.

W. D. Tutt, for plaintiff in error. H. J. Brewer, solicitor, by Harrison & Peeples, contra.

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