Legal Opinion

Maxwell v. Cumming

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1877PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Mamdamus. County Matters. Before Judge Clark. Lee Superior Court. March Term, 1876. Reported in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Jackson, Judge.

It seems from the record that one George F. Page, who had been indicted for murder in Lee superior court, and the case transferred to Sumter, escaped from custody, and the defendant in error, Gumming, had received a bench warrant “ as special officer and detective ” after Page had fled; that Gumming arrested Page, attended him in a habeas corpus trial in Atlanta, and guarded him back to trial; *385for which he charged $250. All this transpired in the year 1871. On the 13th of February, 1872, according to the bill of exceptions, on the 19th of October, 1872, according to the…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Bibb County v. HancockSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
  2. Fulton County v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  3. Bowers v. HanksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
  4. Howard v. Early CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  5. Freeney v. GeogheganSupreme Court of Georgia · 1933

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