Griggs v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Griggs v. State

55 S.E. 179, 126 Ga. 442, 1906 Ga. LEXIS 402

CourtSupreme Court of Georgia

DecidedAugust 13, 1906

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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Griggs v. State, 55 S.E. 179, 126 Ga. 442, 1906 Ga. LEXIS 402 (Ga. 1906).

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Opinion

Beck, J.

1. Section 420 of the Penal Code, which prohibits the running of freight-trains on the Sabbath, does not apply to a railroad which begins and ends in other States and which does not run a distance greater than thirty miles in this State. Acts 1897, p. 38; Acts 1899, p. 88.

2. The constitutionality of a statute can not be questioned in this court when it does not appear that such question was made in the lower court.

3. It appearing that the defendant was convicted of running a freight-train on Sunday on a railroad which begins and ends in other States than Georgia, and that the road is not more than thirty miles long in this State, the verdict was without evidence to support it, and a new trial should have been granted.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur, except Wish, O. J., absent.

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