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CLYDE v. STATE

37230.

98 Ga. App. 23 (1958)

104 S.E.2d 630

CLYDE v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 16, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. C. King, Jr., for plaintiff in error.

R. A. Patterson, Solicitor-General, Jesse G. Bowles, contra.

TOWNSEND, Judge.

1. "Verdicts shall have a reasonable intendment, and shall receive a reasonable construction, and shall not be avoided unless from necessity." Code § 110-105.

2. Where the intendment is obvious, the misspelling of a word is insufficient reason for voiding a verdict. Lott v. State, 19 Ga.App. 450 (91 S. E. 877).

3. The language of the verdict "to not less than five years...

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