Case Name: Eady v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1912-03-19
Citations: 10 Ga. App. 818
Docket Number: 3972
Parties: Eady v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 10
Pages: 818–819

Head Matter:
3972.
Eady v. The State.

Opinion:
Hill, C. J.
1. A prosecutor is one who instigates a prosecution by making an affidavit charging a named person with the commission of a penal offense, on which a warrant is issued or an indictment or accusation is based. 6 Words & Phrases Judicially Defined, 5739.
2. An act of the legislature creating a city court, which provides that "defendants in criminal eases . . shall be tried on a written accusation . . founded upon the affidavit of the prosecutor," is fully complied with by a written accusation filed in the court, signed by the solicitor of the court, which recites that it is founded upon a desig liated affidavit, set out in full immediately preceding the accusation, and referred to therein as the "above and foregoing affidavit."
Decided March 19, 1912.
Accusation of gaming; from city court of Blackshear — Judge Milton.
December 12, 1911.
E. H. Williams, for plaintiff in error.
S. F. Memory, solicitor, contra.
Judgment affirmed.