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Killet v. StateKillet v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia
Mar 15, 1861
Reporters:
Before:
Jenkins

*294 By the Court

Jenkins, J.,

delivering the opinion.

The question upon ‍‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‍which this ease turns, as stated in the second exception, was decided after careful ‍‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‍consideration at our recent sitting in Macon.

The statute under which this indictment was framed, like ‍‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‍all other statutes, .must receive a reasonable construction. We are not satisfied with the ‍‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‍construction given to it in the charge of the Court below, and have embodied ‍‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‍our own in the judgment of reversal.

Judgment reversed.

Case Details

Case Name: Killet v. State
Court Name: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date Published: Mar 15, 1861
Citation: 32 Ga. 292
Court Abbreviation: Ga.
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