Revel v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Murder, in Crawford Superior Court. Tried before Judge Lamar, at March Term, 1858. The facts of this case are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
*277 By the Court.
Lumpkin J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] Was the Court right in overruling the plea to the jurisdiction of the Court in this case ?
The regular Terms of Crawford Superior Court are on the first Mondays in March and September. To accommodate the bar, who were in attendance on the Supreme Court at Macon, Judge Lamar determined to adjourn over Crawford Court. He first acted under the statute of 1823, (Cobb, 460,) as amended in 1837, (Cobb, 461,) that is, through the agency of the Clerk. But reflecting that he could not order an adjournment through this officer, except on account of the…
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