Wadkins v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
A'ccusation of cheating, etc. Before Judge Stark. City court of Jefferson. October 6, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
1. Under the act establishing the city court of Jefferson (Acts 1903, p. 138, 146) it is provided “That all criminal cases in said city court shall be tried by the judge thereof without a jury, except when the accused, in writing, shall demand a jury. A plea to the accusation shall be a waiver of .the jury, and the accused may not thereafter have the right to recall such waiver except in the discretion of the court.” Where a defendant charged with a misdemeanor in that court did not demand a jury, but waived arraignment, pleaded not guilty, and insisted that he should be tried by the judge,…
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