Case Name: Beebee v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1906-02-15
Citations: 124 Ga. 775
Docket Number: 
Parties: Beebee v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concur, except Atkinson, J., who did not preside.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 124
Pages: 775–775

Head Matter:
Beebee v. The State.
Submitted December 18, 1905.
Decided February 15, 1906.
Certiorari. Before Judge Lewis. Jasper superior court. November 4, 1905.
W. S. Florence, for plaintiff in error.
J. F. Pottle, solicitor-general, and Doyle Campbell, contra.

Opinion:
Beck, J.
1. It is left to tlie sound discretion of the trial court to determine whether or not a child of tender years is a competent witness; and where the court examines a child as to its knowledge of the nature and sanctity of an oath and decides that it is competent to testify, this court will not interfere, where it does not appear that such discretion has been flagrantly abused.
2. The other assignments of error in the petition for certiorari being without merit, there was no error in overruling the same.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur, except Atkinson, J., who did not preside.