Conley v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Selling mortgaged property. Normer jeopardy. Constitutional law. Criminal law. Statutes. Principal and surety. Punishment. Jurisdiction. City courts. Evidence. Practice. , Judgments. Charge of court. Verdict. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta.
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Selling mortgaged property. Normer jeopardy. Constitutional law. Criminal law. Statutes. Principal and surety. Punishment. Jurisdiction. City courts. Evidence. Practice. , Judgments. Charge of court. Verdict. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. December term, 1889. On November 7, 1888, an accusation of M. E. Maher against John L. Conley was filed in the city court of Atlanta, charging that after having executed to Maher a mortgage-deed to certain personal property (setting forth'a copy of the mortgage-deed), he did, on May 10, 1888, sell and dispose of a portion of that property to…
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
1. The first error alleged is that the court upon demurrer overruled the defendant’s plea in bar, which was that he had before been put in jeopardy for the same ofience. The following appears from the record: Hpon the former trial the accusation did not charge the ofience to have been committed in the county of Fulton, and after the defendant had been put on trial under this accusation, the jury sworn, testimony submitted and argument of counsel in part made, the court, over objection of the defendant, allowed the accusation to be amended so as to charge that the ofience…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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