Case Name: Pettyfoot v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1909-11-09
Citations: 7 Ga. App. 26
Docket Number: 2113
Parties: Pettyfoot v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 7
Pages: 26–27

Head Matter:
2113.
Pettyfoot v. The State.
Indictment for sale of liquor; from Jeff Davis superior court:— Judge Parker. August 9, 1909.

Opinion:
Russell, J.
Under the law of this State (Civil Code, §4334, Penal Code, § 1032) it is reversible error for a judge of the superior court, in his charge to the jury, either to express or intimate an opinion as to what has or has not been proved. To designate a given witness as one relied upon by the State, and "who claims to have bought it" (referring to intoxicating liquor), is at least an intimation of an opinion as to what has been testified. Edwards v. State, 4 Ga. App. 167 (60 S. E. 1033), and cit. Eor the judge in his charge to state to the jury what any witness has testified is a violation of the rule prescribed by the statute. Judgment reversed.
Argued October 6,
Decided November 9, 1909.
H. A. King, Sidney D. Dell, for plaintiff in error.
J. H. Thomas, solicitor-general, contra.