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ARCHER v. JOHNSON

34997.

90 Ga. App. 418 (1954)

83 S.E.2d 314

ARCHER v. JOHNSON.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maddox & Maddox, for plaintiff in error.

Parker, Clary & Kent, contra.

QUILLIAN, J.

As early as the year 1855 Justice Lumpkin in the case of Boyd v. State, 17 Ga. 194 (8) laid the cornerstone of the doctrine that it was to the public interest that law-enforcement officers while in the discharge of their duty be given sufficient latitude of action and ample protection. In a pretty phrase he denominates them "the ministers of justice." In the body of the opinion at page 204 it is said: "Ministers of justice, while in the...

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