Case Name: Hohenstein v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1906-08-17
Citations: 126 Ga. 536
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hohenstein v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concur, except Fish, O. J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 126
Pages: 536–536

Head Matter:
Hohenstein v. The State.
Argued June 21,
Decided August 17, 1906.
Indictment for malpractice in office. Before Judge Gann. Chatham superior court. May 7, 1906.
Garrard & Meldrim and C. V. Hohenstein, for plaintiff in error.
W. W. Osborne, solicitor-general, and Dan J. Charlton, contra.

Opinion:
Beck, J.
An indictment against a notary public and ex-officio justice of the peace for the offense of malpractice in office, which charged that the defendant did issue a warrant for the arrest of A. B., "said wax-rant having been wilfully and knowingly issued as aforesaid, not in good faith and for the pui-pose of inaugurating a criminal prosecution, but corruptly and for the sole purpose of affording the [defendant], as magistrate as aforesaid, the opportunity for pecuniary consideration of drawing up the bond of said person so arrested, as aforesaid, and thus extorting money out of said pei-son, eonti-ary to the laws of said State,"
was open to attack by general demurrer, there being a local act, in the county in which the accused held office and committed the alleged erimi-| nal acts, allowing justices of the peace a fee for "drawing up a bond! and approving the same," and there being no averment in the indiet-J ment that the warrant was not founded upon a proper affidavit, or that¡ the defendant colluded with the pai-ty making the affidavit, or that bond was improperly required. Penal Code, § 292, 298; Hawkins v. State, 54 Ga. 653; State v. Zachary, Bush L. (N. C.) 432.
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concur, except Fish, O. J., absent.