Key v. Stewart

Hawes, Justice.

The appellant was convicted in one trial of thirteen separate offenses charging him with the violation of various ordinances of the City of Albany. He was sentenced to combined terms of imprisonment and/or to pay fines in specified amounts on each separate offense upon which he was convicted. He applied to the Superior Court of Dougherty County for a writ of habeas corpus which was granted, and upon the trial thereof he was remanded to the custody of the sheriff. He appeals and the sole contention which he makes before this court is that he was entitled to be tried by a jury in…