Folds v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Certiorari. Before Judge Lewis. Putnam, superior court. March 22,-1905. The defendant was convicted, in the county court of Putnam county, of the offense of interrupting and disturbing a. congregation of persons lawfully assembled for divine service, and he sued out a writ of certiorari. The bill of exceptions is to the refusal of the court to sustain the certiorari and order a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
(After stating the facts.) 1. It appears from the petition for certiorari and the answer of-the judge that upon the call of the case in the county court the defendant, through his counsel, asked a postponement of the hearing until he had an opportunity to prepare and file a' traverse to the answer of the judge. It does not appear other 'than that all the proceedings were had at the return term of the -writ when the answer of the judge was filed. The1, defendant in certiorari may at the first term, and before the hearing, traverse the truth of the answer or return, which traverse shall be in…
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