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Gibson v. StateGibson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
May 7, 1912
4096
Reporters:
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Before:
Pottle
Pottle, J.

Evidence was admissible that immediately after the assault upon ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‍the prosecutor, the persons who committed the offense, at about the same place and as a part of ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‍the common purpose to drive the prosecutor, his wife, and other negroes out of the community, assaulted and ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‍beat the wife of the prosecutor. The evidence of contradictory statements of one of the witnesses for the ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‍accused was admissible for the purpose of impeachment. On all other material questions the case is controlled by ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‍the decision this day rendered in Kirhsey V. State, ante. 142. Judgment affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Gibson v. State
Court Name: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Date Published: May 7, 1912
Citations: 11 Ga. App. 148; 74 S.E. 905; 1912 Ga. App. LEXIS 295; 4096
Docket Number: 4096
Court Abbreviation: Ga. Ct. App.
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