Pitts v. State

Nov 9, 1905
Reporters:
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Before:
Fish
-Fish, C. J.

1. Where an indictment charged the accused ‍​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‍with the offense of selling whisky without a license, in a given county, upon a named ‍​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‍date, the State was not confined to proof of the commission of the offense upon the date ‍​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‍named, but had the right to prove its commission, in such county, upon any day within two ‍​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‍years prior to the finding of the indictment. Green v. State, 115 Ga. 254.

12. There was no error in refusing to ‍​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‍sanction the petition for certiorari.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.