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Varnadoe v. StateVarnadoe v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia
Sep 15, 1881
Reporters:
Before:
Jackson

1. The verdict is amply supported by the evidence.

2. While on a motion for ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‍a continuance in a criminal case on the ground of the absence of a witness, the presiding judge should not disbelieve the oath of the defendant ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‍as to what such witness will swear, except on the strongest sort of evidence, if at all,- yet where the testimony of such witness, if present, ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‍would merely be cumulative and would not contradict the testimony for the state on any controlling point in the case, this court will not control the ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‍discretion of the presiding judge in refusing a continuance.

3. The venue being proved and there being no denial of it by any witness, there was no ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‍error in refusing to charge a hypothesis that it had not been so proved.

Case Details

Case Name: Varnadoe v. State
Court Name: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date Published: Sep 15, 1881
Citation: 67 Ga. 768
Court Abbreviation: Ga.
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