Sessions v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Accusation of stabbing. Before Judge Taliaferro. City court •of Sandersville. January 13, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
1. An examination of tbe act creating the city court •of Sandersville (Acts 1901, p. 164) shows that the court is located in Sandersville, which is the county site of Washington county, and that as to jurisdiction, powers, etc., the court thereby created appears to be a city court within the meaning of that term as used in the constitution. See Welborne v. State, 114 Ga. 793. Whether the judgments of that court can be reviewed in the Supreme Court on direct writ of error depends upon the determination of the question as to whether Sandersville was a city at the date of the approval of the act…
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