Case Name: Strickland v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1927-11-16
Citations: 37 Ga. App. 382
Docket Number: 18449
Parties: Strickland v. The State.
Judges: Luke cmd Blood-worth, JJ., coneur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 37
Pages: 382–382

Head Matter:
18449.
Strickland v. The State.
Decided November 16, 1927.
M. L. Ledford, G. A. Worthy, for plaintiff in error.
Jeff A. Pope, solicitor, contra.

Opinion:
Broyles, O. J.
1. The accused was convicted*of being in an intoxicated condition "at a certain place of public gathering and assembly, to wit, the filling-station and store of Gleve Thomas in Calvary, Georgia." Under the evidence adduced the jury were not authorized to find that the filling-station and store in question was a place of public gathering or assembly within the meaning of the statute. It follows that the defendant's conviction was unauthorized, and the court erred in refusing the grant of a new trial. »
2. The above-stated ruling being controlling in the case, the other assignments of error are not passed upon.
Judgment reversed.
Luke cmd Blood-worth, JJ., coneur.