Case Name: Wade v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1913-07-22
Citations: 13 Ga. App. 142
Docket Number: 5006
Parties: Wade v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 13
Pages: 142–142

Head Matter:
5006.
Wade v. The State.
Decided July 22, 1913.
Conviction of assault with intent to rape; from Grady superior court — Judge Prank Park. May 19, 1913.
The leading questions referred to in the decision were a series of questions asked of a girl in her thirteenth year by counsel for the prosecution, on direct examination as to the details of the assault in question, alleged to have been committed upon her. A former ruling as to leading questions to this witness in the same case appears in 11 Ga. App. 413 (7).
W. M. Harrell, Ira Carlisle, J. Q. Smith, for plaintiff in error.
M. L. Ledford, solicitor-general pro tem., contra.

Opinion:
Hill, C. J.
1. The admission or rejection of evidence drawn out by leading questions is generally in the sound discretion of the trial judge, and unless that discretion has been clearly abused, to the prejudice of the party complaining, this court will not interfere. 4 Enc. Dig. Ga. Rep. 45S. In the present case no abuse of this discretion appears.
2. No other error of law is complained of here, and the verdict is supported by the evidence. Judgment affirmed.