Jackson v. State

Hill, C. J.,

Jackson was tried and convicted in the criminal court of Atlanta for a violation of the act approved August 15, 1908 (Acts 1908, p. 83). He thereupon presented his petition for certiorari to the judge of the sujierior court of Fulton county. The writ was refused, and the judgment refusing the writ of certiorari is brought to this court for review. The act in question is entitled “An act to make it a misdemeanor to charge any rate of interest greater than five per cent, per' month, either directly or indirectly, and for other purposes.” In the body of the act it is provided, that…