11 Ga. App. 33 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1912
This was an accusation in the city court of Cairo, charging the accused with a misdemeanor: A motion was made to quash the accusation, on the ground that it appears not to have been signed by the solicitor of the city court of Cairo, who was duly elected and qualified as the solicitor of the court, and was the only officer authorized to sign accusations in the city court, but was signed by a solicitor pro tern., and there was no authority for the judge to appoint any one as solicitor pro tern., and the solicitor pro tern, was not authorized by law to sign such accusations as a solicitor pro tern. The court overruled the motion, and this judgment is here for review. We think the motion was properly overruled, for two reasons.
1. The act creating the city court of Cairo (Acts 1906, p. 191) authorizes the judge of that court, where not otherwise expressly provided, to perform any acts necessary to the proper conducting of the business of the court, and that could properly be performed
2. Besides, the power to appoint a solicitor pro tern, in the absence of the solicitor would be inherent in the court, where required by the exigencies of the.business pending before the court. We can not possibly see how the accused' could have been hurt by the fact that the solicitor pro tern., rather than the solicitor, signed the accusation against him, based on the affidavit. The objection to the accusation on this ground was wholly without merit.
Judgment affirmed.