Ormond v. Ball
Supreme Court of Georgia
Prohibition. Before Judge Lumpkin. Fulton superior court. June 8, 1904. The Governor of Ohio issued a requisition upon the Governor of Florida for the arrest of a fugitive from justice, who had fled from Ohio'and sought refuge in Florida. The requisition was honored and the fugitive apprehended. The extradition officer stopped over, between trains, in Atlanta with the prisoner, and lodged him for safe-keeping in the police statioú in that city.
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Prohibition. Before Judge Lumpkin. Fulton superior court. June 8, 1904. The Governor of Ohio issued a requisition upon the Governor of Florida for the arrest of a fugitive from justice, who had fled from Ohio'and sought refuge in Florida. The requisition was honored and the fugitive apprehended. The extradition officer stopped over, between trains, in Atlanta with the prisoner, and lodged him for safe-keeping in the police statioú in that city. While the prisoner was in the police station, Ormond, the plaintiff in error, as a justice of the peace, issued a warrant charging him with cheating…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
(After stating the facts.) The office of justice of the peace is one both ancient and- honorable, and comes to us from the common law. The duties imposed upon this officer by the common law and by statute were of a varied and complex nature. While we have retained the name and the office, the duties of a justice of the peace under our law are by no means as numerous as they were in England. Under our law he is a civil magistrate, and he has also duties imposed upon him in connection with the administration of the criminal law. He is recognized by the constitution as an officer clothed with…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Stephens v. WallisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
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