Thornton v. State

The bill of exceptions recites, among other things, that “within the time prescribed by law the plaintiff in error presents this bill of exceptions,” and there is nothing in the record to contradict this recital, as appeared in the records in Shuman v. State, 50 Ga. App. 213 (177 S. E. 355), Hodnett v. State, 59 Ga. App. 908 (2 S. E. 2d, 749), Howard v. State, 60 Ga. App. 229 (4 S. E. 2d, 418), and Heaton v. State, 60 Ga. App. 428 (4 S. E. 2d, 98). The motion to dismiss the writ of error on the ground that the bill of exceptions was not tendered within twenty days, the time prescribed by law,…