Durden v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Durden v. State

48 S.E. 315, 120 Ga. 860, 1904 Ga. LEXIS 723

Supreme Court of Georgia·Decided August 9, 1904·Published·Cited by 3 cases

Opinion

Simmons, C. J.

The accused having been convicted of incestuous adultery upon the evidence of the woman with whom he was alleged to have committed the offense, and there having been no sufficient corroboration of her testimony, the verdict was contrary to law and should have been set aside. Yother v. State, 120 Ga. 204.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur, except Evans, J., disqualified. F. S. Saffold, for plaintiff in erroT,

cited Ga. R. 52/106; 66/346; 92/584; 110/151 (5); 113/192; 3 Tex. App. 132; 9 Iowa, 582.

B. T. Rawlings, solicitor-general, contra,

cited Ga. R. 44/215 (4); 52/403 (2); 55/220 (3); 56/356 (4); 73/572; 109/165.

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Simmons, C. J.

The accused having been convicted of incestuous adultery upon the evidence of the woman with whom he was alleged to have committed the offense, and there having been no sufficient corroboration of her testimony, the verdict was contrary to law and should have been set aside. Yother v. State, 120 Ga. 204.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur, except Evans, J., disqualified. F. S. Saffold, for plaintiff in erroT,

cited Ga. R. 52/106; 66/346; 92/584; 110/151 (5); 113/192; 3 Tex. App. 132; 9 Iowa, 582.

B. T. Rawlings, solicitor-general, contra,

cited Ga. R. 44/215 (4); 52/403 (2); 55/220 (3); 56/356 (4); 73/572; 109/165.

Durden v. State, 48 S.E. 315, 120 Ga. 860, 1904 Ga. LEXIS 723 (Ga. 1904).

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