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22 Ga. App. 784

Bishop v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 1, 1918

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 1918-11-01

<p>“The solicitor of a city court, before the trial of a criminal case and before the selection of a jury, can at any time amend the accusation as he may deem proper.” Conley y. State, 83 Ga. 496, 499 (10 S. E. 123) ; Goldsmith v. State, 2 Ga. App. 283, 286 (58 8. E. 486).</p> <p>(a) The solicitor- of a city court may amend an accusation at any time before the defendant therein has pleaded to the merits, provided the affidavit of the prosecutor will support the accusation as amended, unless such amendment is forbidden by the act creating the court. Goldsmith y. State, supra.</p>

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Decided 1918-11-01

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Broyles, P. J.

¶1The affidavit and the accusation as originally *785drawn cbaiged “Cy” Bishop with having committed -the offense of assault and - battery. Upon the call of the case for trial and after both the State and the defendant had announced ready for trial, the solicitor erased from the accusation the name “Cy” and inserted in lieu thereof the name “Corry.” Likewise the officer before whom the affidavit (the basis’of the accusation) was made erased, in the presence of the prosecutor, the name “Cy” in the affidavit and inserted in lieu thereof the name “Corry.” These amendments were allowed by the trial judge over the objection of the accused that they could not be then'made'in that form and manner. The defendant then moved to quash the amended accusation, and this motion was overruled.

¶2While the proper procedure would have been _for the judge to sign a formal order amending the affidavit and accusation, the slight irregularity in the form and method of the amendment in this case was not error. Especially is this true as no other conclusion can be -drawn from the pleadings than that “Cy” and “Corry” were one and the same person. “Cy” or “Corry” was present and defending, and the accusation as originally drawn was good, there being no plea of misnomer. • >

¶3It is not shown that the defendant hud. pleaded to the merits of the case, but merely -that the case had been called for trial and that both sides had announced ready. Under these circumstances the court committed no error, either in allowing the amendment or thereafter in refusing to quash the accusation as amended.

¶4Judgment affirmed.

Bloodworth and Harwell, JJ., concur,
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