Case Name: BOWDEN et al. v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1927-05-11
Citations: 36 Ga. App. 751
Docket Number: 17947
Parties: BOWDEN et al. v. THE STATE
Judges: Broyles, C. J., and Luke, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 36
Pages: 751–752

Head Matter:
17947.
BOWDEN et al. v. THE STATE
Decided May 11, 1927.
W. T. Davidson, for plaintiff in error.
Joseph B. Duke, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Bloodworth, J.
Only the first headnote needs to be enlarged upon. Each of the plaintiffs in error sought to bring his case to this court by pauper affidavit. The affidavit made by Williams, alias Adams, is as follows: "Georgia, Putnam County. Personally appeared before the undersigned Ambrosia Williams, alias Buddie Adams, one of the plaintiffs in error in the bill of exceptions filed in the case of Dock Bowden and Ambrosia Williams, alias Buddie Adams, and on oath says that he is, because of his poverty, unable to pay the costs in said case. (Signed) Ambrosia Williams, alias Buddie Adams, (by) his mark. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of January, 1927. L. M. Pennington, N. P. (Seal) L. M. Pennington, Notary Public Putnam county, Ga." The affidavit made by Bowden is substantially the same as the foregoing, except that in it there is the additional statement that the case is "from Putnam superior court." The headnote which we are discussing is a copy of the first headnote in Parks v. State, 110 Ga. 760 (36 S. E. 73). In discussing that case Justice Cobb said: "If the affidavit is not entitled in the cause, or if the name of the case does not appear in some part of the affidavit, or the statements made therein be not sufficient to indicate to what case the affidavit relates, it could not be used as a foundation for a prosecution for perjury, and for this reason it should not be received as evidence in any court in any proceeding whatsoever." From an examination of the pauper affidavits filed it can not be ascertained even whether they relate to civil or criminal cases. While the names of the parties appear in the affidavits, the name of the case does not appear in either of them. As neither of the 'pauper affidavits is entitled in the cause, and as there is nothing in either of them to affirmatively indicate to what cause it relates, the clerk of this court properly required the payment of costs in each case.
Judgment affirmed.
Broyles, C. J., and Luke, J., concur.