Case Name: Gibson v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1912-05-07
Citations: 11 Ga. App. 148
Docket Number: 4096
Parties: Gibson v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 11
Pages: 148–148

Head Matter:
4096.
Gibson v. The State.
Decided May 7, 1912.
Indictment 'for assault with intent to murder; from Miller superior court — Judge Worrill. February 3, 1912.
W. I. Geer, for plaintiff in error.
J. A. Laing, solicitor-general, B. B. Arnold, contra.

Opinion:
Pottle, J.
Evidence was admissible that immediately after the assault upon the prosecutor, the persons who committed the offense, at about the same place and as a part of the common purpose to drive the prosecutor, his wife, and other negroes out of the community, assaulted and beat the wife of the prosecutor. The evidence of contradictory statements of one of the witnesses for the accused was admissible for the purpose of impeachment. On all other material questions the case is controlled by the decision this day rendered in Kirhsey V. State, ante. 142. Judgment affirmed.