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108 Ga. 775

Waver v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 30, 1899

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1899-05-30

<p>Indictment for court of Macon. gaming. Before Judge Nottingham. March term, 1899. City</p>

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Decided 1899-05-30

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Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently June 1923

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'Little, J.

¶11. When on the trial of an indictment containing three counts the court instructed the jury in these words: “You will not allow the charges .in the first and second counts of that indictment to disturb your deliberations; with those two counts you have no concern; you will look to the third count in the bill, and, applying the law as already given you in charge to the facts, make your verdict,” and there was a general"verdict of guilty, such verdict was properly treated as having been based on the third count in the indictment.

¶22. This case was argued by briefs, and the preceding note deals with the only question to which’ they refer.

¶3Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concurring.Indictment for court of Macon. gaming. Before Judge Nottingham. March term, 1899. CityJohn R. Cooper, for plaintiff in error.Robert Hodges, solicitor-general, contra.
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