Dismuke v. State

A special presentment was returned by the grand jury of Sumter county charging J. II. Dismuke with the offense of keeping a lewd house. This presentment was transferred by the judge of the superior courts of the Southwestern circuit to the county court of Sumter county for trial. The accused filed special pleas in the county court, to the effect that it had no jurisdiction of the person, or subject-matter of the case, (1) because the presentment had been transferred after adjournment of the superior court and during vacation, and the judge of the superior court had no power to make the…