Allen v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Constitutional law. Jury. Evidence. Criminal law. Practice in the Supreme Court. Before Judge Strozer. Dougherty County. At Chambers. July 16th, 1873. When this case-was called a motion was made to dismiss the writ of error because the bill of exceptions had never been served upon the solicitor general of the Albany circuit. The papers disclosed that the trial had been had in the county court, and the writ of certiorari sued out thereto.
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Constitutional law. Jury. Evidence. Criminal law. Practice in the Supreme Court. Before Judge Strozer. Dougherty County. At Chambers. July 16th, 1873. When this case-was called a motion was made to dismiss the writ of error because the bill of exceptions had never been served upon the solicitor general of the Albany circuit. The papers disclosed that the trial had been had in the county court, and the writ of certiorari sued out thereto. The hearing upon the certiorari was had before the judge of the superior court, at chamber’s, and it is to his judgment that the bill of exceptions was…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
The defendant was tried in the county court of Dougherty county on a written accusation, for vagrancy, as provided by the 31st section of the act of 1872 establishing that court, and the amendatory act thereof of 1873, and found guilty. The defendant sued out a writ of certiorari to the superior court, alleging that errors were committed in the county court on the trial of the case. After hearing and considering the alleged errors contained in the certiorari, the court overruled the same, and the plaintiff in certiorari excepted.
1. One of the errors complained of is that…
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