Case Name: Seiler vs. State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1885
Citations: 1 Ga. L. Rep. 270
Docket Number: 
Parties: Seiler vs. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Law Reporter
Volume: 1
Pages: 270–270

Head Matter:
Seiler vs. State.
Keeping open Tippling House on Sunday, from City Court op Savannah. Criminal Law. Charge of Court. (Before Judge Harden.)
Garrard &; Meldrim, for plaintiff in error.
P. G. DuBignon, solicitor general, for the state.
[Jackson, C. J., not presiding, because of indisposition.]

Opinion:
Blandford, J.
Where the evidence in a criminal case demanded a verdict of guilty, and left no doubt as to the guilt of the accused, the failure of the court to charge on the subject reasonable doubts will not require a new trial, no request having been made to charge,.and the attention of the court not having been called to that point.
(a) This case differs from that in 67 Ga, 153, where the attention of the court was called to the question. It differs from that in 70 Ga., 825, where the facts were doubtful, and the accused might have suffered injury from the failure of the court to charge the law as to reasonable doubts. In a case like the present, if the defendant desires a charge on that subject, he should request it.
Judgment affirmed.