Supreme Court of Georgia, 1919

Baxter v. State

Baxter v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided May 16, 1919 · Atkinson, Hill
149 Ga. 163; 99 S.E. 468

Baxter v. State

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

While in one portion of the charge there a.re minor inaccuracies in the language employed, no such error is shown to have been committed in charging the jury, or in any of the rulings made by the court pending the trial, as requires a reversal. The evidence authorized the verdict.

Dissenting Opinion

Atkinson and Hill, JJ.,

dissenting. In our opinion that portion of the charge set out and excepted to in the sixth ground of the motion for new trial was erroneous and required the grant of a new trial.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur, except Atkinson and Sill, JJ., dissenting.

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