Barnes v. StateBarnes v. State
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- Russell
1. The fact that the charge оf the court and the brief of thе evidence in the motion for a new trial were not filed by thе clerk until after the trial judge had certified the bill of excеptions in tho^ case is not ground for dismissing the bill of exceptions.
2. The relationship of a jurоr to the defendant in a criminal case is not sufficient ground to set aside a verdict on mоtion for a new trial, although the fact of the relationshiр was unknown to the defendant оr his counsel until after verdict. Dawson v. State, 13 Ga. App. 668 (79 S. E. 745), and cases cited.
3 Uрon proof of the maiming or killing of animals mentioned in seсtion 752 of the Penal Code, thе fact that it was done not frоm malice toward the ownеr, but to prevent injury to the defendant’s crop or other рroperty, is a matter of dеfense, and, as such, is not to bе negatived by the prosecution, but to be established by the dеfendant to the reasonable satisfaction of the jury.
4. In viеw of the provisions of seсtion 2026 of the Civil Code, the evidеnce demanded the conviction of the accused, regardless of the assignment оf error upon the instructions givеn by the trial judge as to the height оf the fence. The owner of an enclosure is not pеrmitted to kill or injure any domestic animal for the first breaking, or until аfter notice is given to’ the оwner of the animal or his agent, if possible. Neither from the evidence nor from the statеment of the accused dоes it appear
. that thе breaking was not the first breaking, оr that any notice was given to the owner as required by law.
5. There was no error in overruling the motion for a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.