Legal Opinion
Tanner v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 10, 1926No. 5563PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
J. J. Tanner and C. G. Bawlings were jointly indicted for the murder of Gus Tarbutton. Tanner was separately tried and convicted. His motion for a new trial was overruled. To that judgment he excepted. This is the second appearance of his case in this court. Tanner v. State, 161 Ga. 193 (130 S. E. 64).
Before arraignment and plea to the merits, the defendant filed a plea in abatement upon the ground, that the indictment which had been returned against him and indorsed as a “true bill” was illegal and void, because, while it purports upon its face to have been acted upon by twenty-two grand…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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3Cited by33 opinions
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