Buckner v. State

Buckner was tried in a city court for the offense of abandoning his child. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the accused applied to the superior court for a writ of certiorari, which was duly issued. The answer of the judge of the city court was in the following language: “ In answer to the writ of certiorari sued out and served upon him by the defendant in the above-stated case, respondent says that defendant was tried, convicted, and sentenced at the July term, 1901, of the city court of Forsyth,for the offense stated in his application for certiorari. Respondent says further that…