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34 Ga. App. 487

Simpson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 10, 1925

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 1925-11-10

Relies on Browning v. State

Decided 1925-11-10

Broyles, C. J.

¶1The indictment contained two counts, the first charging the accused with manufacturing whisky, and the- second with possessing apparatus used for the distilling of intoxicating liquors. The jury returned the following verdict: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of the first account

¶2Homer Hicks, Foreman

¶3and fix his penalty from 2 years.to 4 years.” The court thereupon entered up judgment and sentence requiring the defendant to serve from two to four years in the penitentiary. During the same term of court the defendant made a motion in arrest of judgment, upon the ground that the verdict did not fix the penalty, as the writing fixing the penalty was written below and after the signature of the foreman of the jury, and, therefore, could not legally be considered as part of the verdict. This motion was overruled. Held: No error. See, in this connection, Browning v. State, 31 Ga. App. 150 (6) (120 S. E. 649).

¶4Judgment affirmed.

Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.
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