Chancey v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Conyers. Jeff Davis superior court. June 21, 1913. ;
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. The defendant filed a plea in abatement, and moved to quash the indictment, on the ground that one .of the jurors who participated in finding the indictment was not a resident of the county. The judge did not rule on the legal sufficiency of the plea, but heard the evidence. The issue was tried by the judge, by consent, without a jury. The evidence introduced in support of the plea was to the effect that the juror’s house was partly in the county of the venue, and partly in an adjoining county, the greater part being in the latter; but the juror, while living in the house, had always…
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