112 Ga. 7 | Ga. | 1900
The question presented in the present case is whether, at the March term, 1895, of Washington superior court, the grand jury of that county could lawfully make a recommendation which would have the effect of establishing a county court in that county. On January 19,1872, an act was approved providing for the establishment of a county court in the different counties of this State. The title to this law was, “An act to create a county court in each county of the State of Georgia, except certain counties therein men
We have, after a careful consideration of this case, reached the conclusion that there was no authority of law for the establishment, in March, 1895, of a county court in Washington county in the manner in which that court was sought to be therein established ; and but one further question needs to be alluded to before finally disposing of the case. It is said that the court has been in existence for more than five years; that it has rendered judgments in civil cases aggregating in amount thousands of dollars, and has disposed of many hundreds of criminal cases where persons have
The tribunal in which the accused was arraigned having no legal existence, errors committed by it could not be corrected by certiorari, and therefore the judge did not err in refusing to sanction the petition for certiorari.
Judgment affirmed.