Graham v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge George. Irwin superior court. January 19, 1915. Cliarlie Graham was indicted in Coffee county for murder. He applied for a change of venue, which was refused, and he excepted. The judgment was reversed. 141 Ga. 812. On the return of the remittitur to the trial court, it was ordered that the judgment of the Supreme Court be entered on the minutes of the superior court, “as the judgment of this court.”
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge George. Irwin superior court. January 19, 1915. Cliarlie Graham was indicted in Coffee county for murder. He applied for a change of venue, which was refused, and he excepted. The judgment was reversed. 141 Ga. 812. On the return of the remittitur to the trial court, it was ordered that the judgment of the Supreme Court be entered on the minutes of the superior court, “as the judgment of this court.” An order was passed which recited these facts, and that it further appeared from a statement of the solicitor-general and of counsel of record for the…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. There was no error in overruling the objections to trying the case in Irwin county. The plaintiff in error moved for a change of venue, which was refused, and he brought the case to this court and obtained a reversal of the judgment. 141 Ga. 812 (82 S. E. 282). After the judgment of this court had been made the judgment of the court below, and an order had been taken directing the case to be tried in Irwin county, he sought to withdraw his application and to consent to a trial in Coffee county. Having oh-*443tamed a change, he should abide it. The act of…
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