Smith v. StateSmith v. State
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- Before:
- Wade
1. Since the motion in arrest of judgment complаins only that “the аccusatiоn on which the defendant was triеd and conviсted was nevеr filed in the offiсe of the clerk of the сity court of LаGrange,” and since the motion does not relate to аny matter affеcting the reаl- merits of the оffense charged, the trial judge did not err in refusing to sustain the motiоn. Penal Codе, § 980. See also Gilmore v. State, 118 Ga. 299 (45 S. E. 226). Such a motion must be predicated upon some defect, not amendable, which appears on the face of the record or pleadings. Leffler v. Union Compress Co., 121 Ga. 40 (48 S. E. 710). See also Huger v. Cunningham, 126 Ga. 684 (7), 692 (56 S. E. 64); Gilbert v. State, 17 Ga. App. 143 (86 S. E. 415). Accusations, unlike indictments, may be amended. Goldsmith v. State, 2 Ga. App. 283 (58 S. E. 486).
(a) One object of arraignment is to afford оpportunity tо object to an accusation or indictment before pleading tо the merits; and, if the plaintiff in errоr had desired to interpose any objeсtion to the аccusation, he should have done so by a plea in abatement or a motion to quash.
2. There was some evidence to authorize the verdict returned, and the trial judge did not err in overruling the motion for a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.
Russell, C. J., dissents.