Weiss v. Hood

Jenkins, Presiding Justice.

This is the second habeas corpus by the movant, serving a life sentence for murder on a conviction had in Cobb 'Superior Court. The grounds involved in the present writ are: 1. The movant was convicted without any proof that the crime was committed in Cobb County. 2. The trial was illegal, in that only eleven jurors were impaneled and sworn, who brought in the verdict of guilty. Held-.

1. Irrespective of any question as to the propriety of going into the sufficiency of the evidence as related to venue in a habeas corpus proceeding, the evidence adduced in the…