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PIERCY v. STATE

35835.

92 Ga. App. 599 (1955)

89 S.E.2d 554

PIERCY v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 20, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas C. Lauderdale, Jr., Osgood O. Williams, for plaintiff in error.

Richard Bell, Solicitor, E. T. Hendon, contra.

CARLISLE, J.

1. "There are in this State no offenses in force by reason of the common law; in a sense all our crimes and misdemeanors are statutory; yet we have by statute given recognition to many offenses which were known to the common law and which have not been defined otherwise than by use of the general terms anciently used to describe them; and in such cases we look to the common law for more specific definition." Redd v. State, 7 Ga.App. 575...

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