Legal Opinion

Land v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 22, 1912No. 4351PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Conviction of manslaughter; from Bibb superior court — Judge R. T. Daniel. June 22, 1912.

1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.

1. “In all counties of this State having therein a city of ten thousand inhabitants, two or more judges of the superior court may preside in bane; or said courts may be held in two or more sections at the same time, by different judges, in separate rooms in the courthouse, or at the county-site, as may be convenient.” Civil Code (1910), § 4866. This section applies to both civil and criminal cases. Id. § 4869. This court judicially knows that the city of Macon, Bibb county, is a city of ten thousand inhabitants or more, and, therefore, that in that county two judges of the superior court may…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ray v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1854
  2. Garner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
  3. Battle v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  4. Russell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Mulligan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
  2. Lester v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947
  3. Reams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1919
  4. Dunwoody v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918
  5. Richardson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939

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