Case Name: Fleming v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1947-03-08
Citations: 74 Ga. App. 864
Docket Number: 31493
Parties: Fleming v. The State.
Judges: Broyles, O. J., and Gardner, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 74
Pages: 864–865

Head Matter:
31493.
Fleming v. The State.

Opinion:
MacIntybe, J.
1. The evidence authorized the verdict finding the defendant guilty of carrying on a lottery in violation of the Code, § 26-6502.
2. The accusation charged a violation of § 26-6502, and the evidence authorized a verdict of guilty of the offense as charged. Even if the evidence also authorized a verdict of guilty of violating § 26-6501, which violation was not charged in the accusation, it was not error to fail to charge § 26-6501. Mosley v. State, 65 Ga. App. 800, 804 (16 S. E. 2d, 504); Collins v. State, 66 Ga. App. 325, 328 (18 S. E. 2d, 24); Carr v. State, 13 Ga. 328; Martin v. State, 123 Ga. 478 (51 S. E. 334).
3. It was not error, in the absence of a request, to fail to charge that, "In the ' commission of a crime or misdemeanor, there must he a union or joint act and intention or criminal negligence" (Code, § 26-201), where the court fully charged on the essential elements of the crime with which the defendant was charged. Bennett v. State, 49 Ga. App. 804 (4) (176 S. E. 148); Hagood v. State, 5 Ga. App. 80, 87 (62 S. E. 641).
Decided March 8, 1947.
James N. Bahai, for plaintiff in error.
Andrew J. Byan Jr., Solicitor-General, contra.
Judgment affirmed.
Broyles, O. J., and Gardner, J., concur.