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Eady v. State
1912 Ga. App. LEXIS 706
| Ga. Ct. App. | 1912
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Hill, C. J.

1. A prosecutor is one who instigates a prosecution by making an affidavit charging a named person with the commission of a penal offense, on which a warrant is issued or an indictment or accusation is based. 6 Words & Phrases Judicially Defined, 5739.

2. An act of the legislature creating a city court, which provides that “defendants in criminal eases . . shall be tried on a written accusation . . founded upon the affidavit of the prosecutor,” is fully complied with by a written accusation filed in the court, signed by the solicitor of the court, which recites that it is founded upon a desig*819liated affidavit, set out in full immediately preceding the accusation, and referred to therein as the “above and foregoing affidavit.”

Decided March 19, 1912. Accusation of gaming; from city court of Blackshear — Judge Milton. December 12, 1911. E. H. Williams, for plaintiff in error. S. F. Memory, solicitor, contra.

Judgment affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Eady v. State
Court Name: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Date Published: Mar 19, 1912
Citation: 1912 Ga. App. LEXIS 706
Docket Number: 3972
Court Abbreviation: Ga. Ct. App.
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