Legal Opinion

Pitts v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 15, 1877PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Criminal law. Oertiorwri. Practice in the Superior Court. Before Judge Hall. Newton Superior Court. March Term, 1877. Report unnecessary.

1Opinion of the Court

Warner, Chief Justice.

This case came before the court below on a writ of certiorari from the county court of Newton county, to reverse the judgment of that court finding the plaintiff in certiorari guilty of “ keeping open a tippling house on the Sabbath day,” the defendant having waived a trial by a jury. After considering the petition for oertiorwri, and the answer of the county judge thereto, the court overruled the same, and affirmed the judgment of the county court. Whereupon the plaintiff in certiora/ri excepted.

The grounds upon which the court overruled the certi*765o rari and affirmed…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Blassingame v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906

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