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RUSSELL v. STATE

33389.

83 Ga. App. 841 (1951)

65 S.E.2d 264

RUSSELL v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided May 11, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank W. Brandon, for plaintiff in error.

Paul Webb, Solicitor-General, John I. Kelley, Solicitor, B. B. Zellars, William Hall, contra.

MacINTYRE, P. J.

1. Headnote 1 requires no elaboration.

2. "It is left to the sound discretion of the trial court to determine whether or not a child of tender years is a competent witness; and where the court examines a child as to its understanding of the nature of an oath and decides that it is competent to testify, this court will not interfere, where it does not appear that such discretion has been manifestly...

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