Case ID: ga-app_35/html/0594-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Broyles, C. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

17427.
    Hogan v. The State.
    Criminal Law, 16 C. J. p. 1157, n. 62; 17 C. J. p. 263, n. 79.
    Juries, 35 C. J. p. 417, n. 22 Hew.
    Decided July 14, 1920.
    Possessing intoxicating liquor; from Twiggs superior court— Judge Camp. April 17, 1926.
    
      H. F. Griffin Jr., J. D. Shannon, for plaintiff in error.
    
      Fred. Kea, solicitor-general, contra.
   Broyles, C. J.

A motion was filed by the accused to set aside a verdict of guilty. The motion was based upon two grounds: first, that one of the jurors was under 21 years of age; and second, that the accused was absent from the court-room and under the charge of a deputy sheriff when the verdict was rendered. The first ground is without merit, as causes of challenge to a juror propter defectum must be discovered and urged before verdict. Henderson v. Fox, 83 Ga. 234 (7) (9 S. E. 839). As to the second ground: Upon the hearing of the motion the evidence as to whether the accused was absent from the court-room when the verdict was returned was in conflict, and the finding of the judge upon this question of fact was final.

Judgment affirmed.

Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.