Fox v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
A question of the jurisdiction of the State court to try and punish one accused of crime is not raised under the usual general grounds of a motion for a new trial, complaining that the verdict is contrary to evidence, contrary to law, and without evidence to support it. Question certified by Court of Appeals (Case No. 11455).
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
The Court of Appeals certified to this court for determination the following question: “The defendants were convicted in the superior court of Fulton County, Georgia, of the *674offense of car-breaking. The indictment (leaving out the formal parts) charged the defendants with ‘the offense of car-breaking, for that said accused, in the County of Fulton and State of Georgia, on' the 15th day of December/ 1919, with force and arms, did break and enter the freight-car known as C. & G. W. 19038, same being the property of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, a corporation, and being at the time in the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mayor of Griffin v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Ezzard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1912
- Regenstein & Co. v. Tyler & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Patterson v. Bank of AlapahaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
- Kambeitz v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1919
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3Cited by4 opinions
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