Case Name: Lumley v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1939-04-11
Citations: 59 Ga. App. 903
Docket Number: 27487
Parties: Lumley v. The State.
Judges: MacIntyre and Guerry, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 59
Pages: 903–903

Head Matter:
27487.
Lumley v. The State.
Decided April 11, 1939.
J. Wade Johnson Jr., Carter C. Peterson, for plaintiff in error.
M. H. Boyer, solicitor-general, Undenvood & Warnoch, contra.

Opinion:
Broyles, C. J.
1. "A new trial will not be granted in a criminal case because of the relationship within the prohibited degrees of a juror to the accused, although such relationship was unknown to the accused and his counsel until after verdict." Downing v. State, 114 Ga. 30 (39 S. E. 927); Barnes v. State, 17 Ga. App. 266 (2) (86 S. E. 461); Maxwell v. State, 28 Ga. App. 120 (110 S. E. 120); Durham v. State, 41 Ga. App. 421(4) (153 S. E. 222); Dawson v. State, 13 Ga. App. 668 (79 S. E. 745), and cit. Under the quoted ruling the sole special ground of the motion for new trial is without merit.
2. The evidence, while conflicting, authorized the verdict; and the refusal to grant a new trial was not error.
Judgment affirmed.
MacIntyre and Guerry, JJ., concur.