Madden v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Practice in Supreme Court. At February Term, 1883. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
The counsel for the state moved to dismiss this writ of *384error, on the ground that the plaintiffs in error had escaped from jail and remained beyond the custody of the jailer and the jurisdiction of the court. They were convicted of the offence of robbery, and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment in the penitentiary, and while in jail in the county of Muscogee, pending this writ of error, they made their escape, and have not been recaptured or surrendered themselves. These facts are brought to the knowledge of this court by the affidavit of the jailer, and are admitted…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Smith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Commonwealth v. AndrewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
3Cited by15 opinions
- State v. . JacobsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
- Gentry v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
- Gravitt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
- Yates v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Riggins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
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