Case Name: SIMPSON v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1925-11-10
Citations: 34 Ga. App. 487
Docket Number: 16638
Parties: SIMPSON v. THE STATE.
Judges: Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 34
Pages: 487–487

Head Matter:
16638.
SIMPSON v. THE STATE.
Decided November 10, 1925.
J. B. Mozley, H. B. Moss, for plaintiff in error.
John 8. Wood, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Broyles, C. J.
The indictment contained two counts, the first charging the accused with manufacturing whisky, and the- second with possessing apparatus used for the distilling of intoxicating liquors. The jury returned the following verdict: "We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of the first account
Homer Hicks, Foreman
and fix his penalty from 2 years.to 4 years." The court thereupon entered up judgment and sentence requiring the defendant to serve from two to four years in the penitentiary. During the same term of court the defendant made a motion in arrest of judgment, upon the ground that the verdict did not fix the penalty, as the writing fixing the penalty was written below and after the signature of the foreman of the jury, and, therefore, could not legally be considered as part of the verdict. This motion was overruled. Held: No error. See, in this connection, Browning v. State, 31 Ga. App. 150 (6) (120 S. E. 649).
Judgment affirmed.
Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.