Case Name: Chastain v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1908-01-27
Citations: 3 Ga. App. 448
Docket Number: 888
Parties: Chastain v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 448–448

Head Matter:
888.
Chastain v. The State.
Indictment for assault and battery, from Floyd superior court —Judge Wright. November 9, 1907.
Submitted January 13,
Decided January 27, 1908.
James E. Rosser, F. W. Copeland, for plaintiff in error.
W. H. Ennis, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Powell, J.
1. Where the contents of a criminal warrant áre material, the-warrant itself is the highest evidence thereof. Where, however, the defendant is charged with assaulting an officer who was attempting to arrest him, and the witnesses for the State, without objection, testify, and the defendant, in his statement, admits that the officer had a warrant, and no question as to its sufficiency or legality is made upon the trial, this is sufficient to authorize an instruction by the court to the jury based upon the theory that the officer was attempting to make the-arrest under a warrant.
2. The evidence authorized the conviction. Judgment affirmed.