Supreme Court of Georgia, 1902

Bellinger v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided November 12, 1902 · Simmons

116 Ga. 545; 42 S.E. 747; 1902 Ga. LEXIS 171

Opinion of the Court

Simmons, C. J.

1. In the absence of exceptions pendente lite, this court can not consider exceptions to rulings made more than five months before the hill of exceptions was sued out.

2. Rulings-made upon a demurrer to an accusation, and a motion to quash the . warrant which was the.foundation of the accusation, are not proper grounds of a motion for a new trial.

3. The sentence was not excessive; and if it were, this is not ground for a new trial. Burgamy v. State, 114 Ga. 852 (2); Sturkey v. State, 116 Ga. 526.

4. The evidence authorized the verdict.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concurring, except Lumpkin, P. J., absent, and Candler, J., not presiding.

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