White v. Henry

Ingram, Justice.

The sole issue involved in this appeal, as certified by the trial court, is "whether a non-resident defendant in a criminal case in Georgia is presently subject to a civil process and summons being served on the defendant while he is attending court in Georgia.”

The record reveals that the appellant, John Walter White, and the appellee, Martha Ann Henry, were divorced on October 14, 1957, in the Superior Court of Stephens County. The decree awarded the wife $50 a month child support and custody of the minor child of the marriage. Thereafter, in the latter part of 1961, the…