Davis v. State

Grice, Justice.

Although the precise inquiry here involved has not heretofore been before either of our two courts of review, each has dealt with questions somewhat similar, and the conclusions reached were in harmony with the view that under the facts stated the trial court did not lose jurisdiction. See Short v. Dowling, 138 Ga. 834 (76 S. E. 359); Hancock v. Rogers, 140 Ga. 688 (79 S. E. 558); Scoggins v. State, 24 Ga. App. 110 (100 S. E. 18); Neal v. State, 104 Ga. 509 (30 S. E. 858, 42 L. R. A. 190, 69 Am. St. R. 175), where Mr. Justice Eish, afterwards Chief Justice, examined and…