Weldon v. Colquitt
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Contracts. Sabbath. Bonds. Bail. Non-suit. Practice in the Superior Court'. Commitment. Waiver. Before Judge Pottle. Hart Superior Court. September Term, 1878. Reported, in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Justice.
On Sunday, the 21st of October, 1877, during divine service at a country church in Hart county, four men, residents of South Carolina, behaved in a violent, boisterous and disorderly manner, disturbing the congregation, and causing it to break up and disperse. In the midst of the disorder, a constable, who happened to be present, arrested them. One of them escaped. The constable conducted the other three before a justice of the peace, procured a warrant, and then detained them under the warrant, entering their arrest thereon. They were intoxicated, were without counsel, and…
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