Case Name: Small v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1915-08-14
Citations: 143 Ga. 848
Docket Number: 
Parties: Small v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 143
Pages: 848–848

Head Matter:
Small v. The State.
August 14, 1915.
Indictment for rape. Before Judge Charlton. Chatham superior court. June 4, 1915.
W. Spencer Connerat,. for plaintiff in error.
Clifford Wallcer, attorney-general, Walter C. Hariridge, solicitor-general, and Marie Bolding, contra.

Opinion:
Fish, C. J.
1. The instructions to the jury, to which exceptions were taken, were in accordance with decisions of -this court.
2. An erroneous statement in the charge as to one of the contentions of ' the accused was so specifically and clearly corrected by the judge in his further instructions that the jury could not have been misled by such misstatement.
3. There was evidence tending to corroborate the testimony of the female alleged to have been raped; the verdict was authorized by the evidence; and the refusal of a new trial was not error.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.