18 Ga. App. 310 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1916
1. The accused was charged with a violation of the prohibition law and was convicted. Complaint is made that
2. Exception is taken to the following extract from the charge of the court: “I charge you that if any person in this State shall sell or barter for a valuable consideration any alcoholic, spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors or intoxicating bitters or other drinks, which, if drunk to excess, will produce intoxication, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,” on the ground that the word “he” is not used in the statute, and that the use of this word intimated an opinion • that the accused was guilty. This is technicality refined. There is no merit in the exception to the substitution of the pronoun for the term “any person,” used in the statute.
3. The evidence authorized the verdict and the court did not err in refusing a new trial. Judgment affirmed.