Case Name: McNealy v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1894-06-04
Citations: 94 Ga. 592
Docket Number: 
Parties: McNealy v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 94
Pages: 592–593

Head Matter:
McNealy v. The State.
The indictment being founded on §4578 of the code, and charging the running of a “freight-train” on the Sabbath day, and the evidence showing that the train run consisted only of a locomotive and cab, and it not appearing that any freight was carried, offered to be carried or invited for carriage, the indictment was not supported by the evidence; a locomotive and cab, when not run for carrying freight nor intended to be presently used for such carriage, not being a freight-train. The court erred in charging the jury that “ if that was a freight-engine and had a car attached that usually went with a freight-train and that the purpose of it was to facilitate the carrying of freight, it was a freight-train.”
June 4, 1894.

Opinion:
Judgment reversed.
Indictment for misdemeanor. Before Judge Richard H. Clark. Clayton superior court. March term, 1894.
Hall & Boynton and Watterson & Kimsey, for plaintiff in error. J. S. Candler, solicitor-general, contra.