GAINES v. STATE

32542.

80 Ga. App. 512 (1949)

56 S.E.2d 772

GAINES v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided December 3, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jule & A. C. Felton III, for plaintiff in error.

Jared J. Bull, Solicitor, contra.


MacINTYRE, P. J.

The defendant seems to base his demurrer on, or at least cites as authority, Hayes v. State, 11 Ga.App. 371 (2) (75 S. E. 523), which holds as follows: "A penal law which is of doubtful construction and in which the act denominated as a crime is described in terms so general and indefinite as to make the question of criminality dependent upon the idiosyncrasies of the men who may happen to constitute the court and jury, and is of such...

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