Riggins v. State

1. ' The petition for certiorari sets out that this case was tried in the county court of Wayne county, Georgia, and that the witness John Thomas testified that he purchased whisky from Leila Riggins (the defendant) at her house, on March 6th and 8th, 1915, and that “Leila Riggins lives here in Jesup.” This language of the witness that “Leila Riggins lives here in Jesup” (italics ours) is absolutely conclusive that he referred to the city of Jesup, where the trial was taking place, to wit, the City of Jesup in Wayne county, Georgia. Porter v. State, 76 Ga. 658. The venue, therefore, was…