McNelis v. State

This case was submitted to the Court of Appeals, and the assignments of error being based on constitutional grounds, all the questions made in the record were certified to the Supreme Court for decision. In that court, after these questions had been argued and were pending there for decision, the plaintiff in error filed in this court a motion to withdraw the writ of error; The solicitor of the city court of Richmond county, where the case originated, and the attorney-general, who, by special designation of the Governor, also appeared for the State, opposed the motion, and urged, that the…