Norman v. State

(After stating the foregoing facts.) In Roper v. Mallard, 193 Ga. 684(2) (19 S. E. 2d, 525), it is held: “Under the act of 1913 (Ga. L. 1913, p. 112, Code § 27-2702), upon conviction of a misdemeanor or felony reduced to a misdemeanor, the court may so mold its sentence as to allow the defendant to serve the same outside of the chain gang, jail or other place of detention, under the supervision of the court; and thus serving a sentence on probation is fulfilling his sentence as effectually as if confined in jail or on the chain gang.” Under Code § 27-2705, failure to comply with the terms of…