Beebee v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 15, 1906

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1906-02-15

<p>Certiorari. Before Judge Lewis. Jasper superior court. November 4, 1905.</p>

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Decided 1906-02-15

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Beck, J.

¶11. 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.

¶22. The other assignments of error in the petition for certiorari being without merit, there was no error in overruling the same.

¶3Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur, except Atkinson, J., who did not preside.