Mansfield v. State

Lumpkin, Justice.

Mansfield and others were jointly tried for assault ■and battery in the county court of Decatur county, and ■convicted. They took the case by certiorari to the supe*75rior court, and there on the trial the presiding judge, on motion, dismissed the certiorari because, in his opinion, the affidavit attached to the petition was insufficient in law.

In this court a motion to dismiss the writ of error was made and sustained, because the bill of exceptions assigning as error the dismissal of the certiorari was not tendered and certified within twenty days from the date of the decision…