Stripland v. State

At the January term, 1901, of the superior court of Hall county, the plaintiff in error was indicted fpr the offense of receiving stolen goods. During that term, he. made a demand for .a trial, which was entered on the minutes. At the next or succeeding term, July, 1901, he again demanded a trial. The solicitor-general, however, at this term, entered a nolle prosequi as to this bill of indictment, and at the same (July) term, the grand jury returned another indictment against the plaintiff in error' for the same offense. He was put on trial during this term under the second indictment, and…