Pitts v. State

• Court: Georgia Supreme Court
• Writing for the Court: FISH
• Citation: Pitts v. State, 124 Ga. 79, 52 S.E. 147 (Ga. 1905)
• Decision Date: 09 November 1905
• Parties: PITTS. v. STATE.

52 S.E. 147

124 Ga. 79

PITTS.

v.STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Nov. 9, 1905.

1. Intoxicating Liquors — Illegal Sale— Evidence.

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 date within two years prior to the finding of the indictment. Green v. State, 41 S. E. 642, 115 Ga. 254.

2. Criminal Law—Certiorari.

There was no error in refusing to sanction the petition for certiorari. (Syllabus by the Court.)

Error from Superior Court, Putnam County; H. G. Lewis, Judge.

Dick Pitts was convicted of an illegal sale of liquor, and brings error. Affirmed.

Green F. Johnson, for plaintiff in error.

J. E. Pottle, Sol. Gen., and S. L. Wingfield, for the State.

FISH, C. J. Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concurring.