Case Name: Tuggle v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1920-01-06
Citations: 24 Ga. App. 655
Docket Number: 11030
Parties: Tuggle v. The State.
Judges: Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 24
Pages: 655–655

Head Matter:
11030.
Tuggle v. The State.
Decided January 6, 1920.
Indictment for burglary; from'Troup superior court—Judge Terrell. September 29, 1919.
L. L. Meadors, for plaintiff in error.
OE. Hoop, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Bboyles, O. J.
1. The court did not err in excluding the testimony of a witness given on the defendant's commitment trial, it not appearing that the witness had died, or become disqualified or inaccessible, since that trial. See Penal Code (1910), § 1027.
2. The 2d special ground of the motion for a new trial is expressly abandoned in the brief of counsel for plaintiff in error.
3. Under the repeated rulings of the Supreme Court and of this court that a special ground of a motion for a new trial must be complete and understandable within itself, the 3d special ground of the motion for a new trial is too defective to be considered.
4. The defendant's conviction was authorized by the evidence, and the court did not err in overruling the motion for a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.
Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.