Thomas v. State

The defendant, who was indicted for the offense of burglary, upon arraignment filed a plea to the jurisdiction of the superior court, and evidence was introduced which showed the defendant to be under the age of sixteen years. The plea was overruled. The plaintiff in error made a motion to have the case transferred to the juvenile court of Fulton County, upon the ground *655that that court had original and exclusive jurisdiction of all children under the age of sixteen years charged with' having committed a crime. The motion was based upon the ground that if the superior court should take…