Case ID: ga_125/html/0739-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Reck, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Fears v. The State.
    Submitted May 21,
    Decided July 2, 1906.
    Indictment for unlawful sale of liquor. Before Judge Beagan. Butts superior court. March 19, 1906.
   Reck, J.

1. A ground of a motion for a new trial, after conviction in a misdemeanor case, that the fine imposed was excessive, is without merit. Hill v. State, 122 Ga. 166.

2. Where, in the trial of one charged with a misdemeanor, upon arraignment of the prisoner the indictment was read to him by the solicitor-general and a plea of not guilty was entered, no other or more formal arraignment 'was required. Penal Code, § 946; 12 Cye. 344, and citations.

3. The failure to furnish the accused or his counsel with a copy of the indictment and list of witnesses, in the absence of a demand therefor, does not constitute a valid ground for setting aside the verdict of guilty. Penal Code, §945.

4. The evidence authorized the verdict, and the court did not err in refusing a new trial.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur, except Fish, G. J., absent.

O. M. Duke, for plaintiff in error. O. H. B. ■Bloodworth, solicitor-general, and W. P. Bloodworth, contra.