Walker v. State

G. C. Walker was tried in the criminal court of Fulton County on a special presentment containing six counts and charging him with violating the usury laws of the State. On the calling of the case Walker presented a written plea or motion containing two counts and denominated by him as a “plea of estoppel, abatement, and motion to quash” the presentment. Both counts of the plea or motion were stricken on written demurrers, and that ruling was excepted to. The case was tried by the judge, without the intervention of a jury and, after the introduction of evidence by both parties and the…