Clifton v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Constitutional law. Criminal law. Jurisdiction. New trial. Evidence. Jury. Waiver. Before Judge Hopkins. Eulton Superior Court. April Term, 1874. This ease is fully reported in the decision, with the exception of the plea of the defendant, which simply denied the jurisdiction of the superior court, on the ground that under the act of February 25th, 1874, the city court of Atlanta had . exclusive jurisdiction of misdemeanors committed in the county of Fulton.
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
The defendant was indicted and charged with maintaining and keeping a lewd house in the county of Fulton. On the trial thereof, the jury found the defendant guilty. A motion was made for a new trial on the following grounds: First, because the court erred in sustaining the demurrer to the defendant’s plea to the jurisdiction of the court. Second, because the court allowed the state to prove the reputation of the house of defendant, the reputation of defendant, and the reputation of the inmates of the house of defendant. Third, in not taking judicial notice of its own…
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