Joiner v. State

The defendant was convicted in the city court of Statesboro of the offense of abandonment. He moved for a new trial on the usual general grounds and by amendment on five additional grounds. The court overruled the motion, and the defendant excepted.

Special grounds 1 and 2 assign error because of the admission of evidence to prove the allegations of the accusation, for the reason that the defendant had been illegally arrested and was not legally within the custody of the court for trial. Grounds 3 and 4 complain because the court failed to charge that if the accused had been illegally arrested…